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Posted by J.Lef on April 10, 2008, 1:56 pm
So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I have begun to
watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the two quilting
shows, the embroidery show.
Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might as well be
talking a language that is foreign to me.
I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go by, without a
machine ever being in the picture.
Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding, etc going
on.
I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw materials, thats
why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.
But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking about. :)
I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer serger(5 thread).
Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was doing, except
to make some seams on tee shirts.
It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store, then
to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on the
serger?
It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine. LOL I guess
you would call this "serger envy" LOL
Much regards Jerry
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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on April 10, 2008, 2:27 pm
Hi Jerry, If your local library is close by, they should have a few videos
on basic sewing that might be of more help than the TV shows. At least you
could watch them over and over. Another suggestion would be to check out a
couple of sewing books. And another would be to purchase a sewing book
because they give a lot of information and pictures. Do you know someone
who sews who could help you? If there is a fabric store nearby, they might
teach sewing, or know of someone who does. HTH
Barbara in SC
> So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I have begun to
> watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the two
quilting
> shows, the embroidery show.
> Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might as well be
> talking a language that is foreign to me.
> I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go by, without
a
> machine ever being in the picture.
> Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding, etc going
> on.
> I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw materials,
thats
> why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.
> But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking about. :)
> I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer serger(5
thread).
> Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was doing,
except
> to make some seams on tee shirts.
> It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store,
then
> to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on
the
> serger?
> It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine. LOL I
guess
> you would call this "serger envy" LOL
>
> Much regards Jerry
>
>
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Posted by Pogonip on April 10, 2008, 2:55 pm
J.Lef wrote:
> So, because of a new owner of a sewing machine, I have begun to
> watch the local shows on t.v., such as sewing with nancy, the two quilting
> shows, the embroidery show.
> Its so funny to me watching the shows, because they might as well be
> talking a language that is foreign to me.
> I want to see the machines in action, and whole shows go by, without a
> machine ever being in the picture.
> Seems like a lot of folding, pasteting, cutting, binding, etc going
> on.
> I do appreciate what people are able to create from raw materials, thats
> why I am hooked on the painting and craft shows.
> But one day, I hope to understand what they are talking about. :)
> I watched a whole infomercial on Sunday, on a singer serger(5 thread).
> Gee, I had no idea what they were doing or the machine was doing, except
> to make some seams on tee shirts.
> It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store, then
> to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on the
> serger?
> It makes me feel inadequate, just having a sewing machine. LOL I guess
> you would call this "serger envy" LOL
>
> Much regards Jerry
>
>
It's that way with almost everything, isn't it? When I got my knitting
machine, I made an $800 sweater, then two $400 sweaters, then four $200
sweaters, etc. With the microwave, I made a $200 cup of soup.....
Most of us around here did our sewing for 20, 30, 40, 50 years on just a
sewing machine. Sergers were things that the garment factories had.
Then the first domestic sergers started showing up, and we began to
discover their applications to our kind of sewing, and many, perhaps
most, of us now have a serger. They do an excellent job of what they
do. They don't replace a sewing machine, and are not really essential.
Just nice to have. Fast, too.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Joy Beeson on April 10, 2008, 4:30 pm
> It almost seemed cheaper to just buy a tee shirt in the store, then
> to buy a serger and the materials needed. What am I not understanding on the
> serger?
T-shirts you make yourself actually fit; factory-made T-shirts are
made "for women" by shortening the sleeves, scooping out the neckline,
and using cheaper fabric, not by allowing for the presence of organs
men don't have.
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/~roughsewing/BUSTDART.HTM
I assemble my T-shirts with my sewing machine, and don't even use
zig-zag except for hems. I flat-fell the seams, but there is no harm
in leaving raw edges exposed, since T-shirt fabrics don't ravel.
Vertical seams in jersey tend to press themselves open. The
allowances of horizontal seams, on the other hand, tend to roll up.
This tendency is slightly reduced because shoulder seams slant, but
shoulder seams don't slant enough to get you out of ironing the shirt
if you haven't sewn down the horizontal allowances. (That is, they
well press open, but have to be opened again after washing, unless
it's a garden shirt and you don't mind rolls making ridges along your
shoulders.) (Sergers sew the ridges in, and they can't be ironed out,
which is why I don't "finish" edges with a serger. Other folks adore
this effect. YMMV.)
Since knit fabrics vary greatly in stretch, so that a pattern that
fits in one knit may look like a tent or a sausage skin in another, I
don't recommend knits as an entry point -- unless knits are all you
want to sew. In which case get thirty yards of all-cotton jersey or
interlock, so that what you learn on one will apply to the next for a
while. Fabric.com sometimes has a great bargain on good all-cotton
knit, and Dharma's white cotton jersey is cheap -- I haven't sent for
a sample, so I don't know whether or not it would be good for
practice. Dharma is pretty reliable, but they judge fabric by how
well it takes dye and paint.
Interlock is easier to handle than jersey -- the edges don't roll --
but all the interlock I've bought lately is so stretchy as to make me
suspect it of being one-on-one ribbing.
Joy Beeson
--
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing
http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange
The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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Posted by gjones2938 on April 10, 2008, 7:47 pm
Dear Joy,
You can tell if it's interlock or ribbing by sticking a pin through a
knit stitch. Look on the other side at where the pin comes out. If
it comes through another knit stitch, it's interlock; if it looks like
it's in between two knit stitches, it's rib.
Teri
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