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Old December 26th 04, 12:56 AM
The Laws
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I once said that a serger would be nice to have, and DSH (dear santa
husband) got one for me. I was afraid I wouldn't use it much but I sure
do. Right now I am making a cheater Daisy Kingdom baby quilt that comes
with a 3 inch ruffle. I rolled hemmed the ruffle on the serger, and used
the serger to edge and gather the other side so it wouldnt ravel.
KayeWood's Love Quilt Connection charity quilts are completely sewn on
sergers,reversable with a pattern a little like a log cabin. I don't make
clothes anymore, but do a lot of mending on the serger, and make napkins to
go with Table Runners or table cloths. I use it to make pillow cases to
match quilts. I used heavy thread to serge edges of fleece throws Kay

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Old December 27th 04, 03:17 PM
Susan Laity Price
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Please explain the settings you use to edge the fleece throws. When I
tried this my edges ruffled (the blanket edges and my own because I
didn't like the way it looked) Would like to learn how to do a nice
finished edge on the fleece. The "tie two layers together" throw is
too warm.

Susan

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:56:54 GMT, "The Laws"
wrote:

I once said that a serger would be nice to have, and DSH (dear santa
husband) got one for me. I was afraid I wouldn't use it much but I sure
do. Right now I am making a cheater Daisy Kingdom baby quilt that comes
with a 3 inch ruffle. I rolled hemmed the ruffle on the serger, and used
the serger to edge and gather the other side so it wouldnt ravel.
KayeWood's Love Quilt Connection charity quilts are completely sewn on
sergers,reversable with a pattern a little like a log cabin. I don't make
clothes anymore, but do a lot of mending on the serger, and make napkins to
go with Table Runners or table cloths. I use it to make pillow cases to
match quilts. I used heavy thread to serge edges of fleece throws Kay


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Old December 27th 04, 08:48 PM
Pati Cook
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Susan, it helps if you have differential feed on your serger. Because
fleece stretches the pressure foot can cause the edge to stretch or
ruffle. With differential feed you set it to ease the fabric (the front
feed dogs feed more than the back ones) and can prevent the ruffle edge
effect. Also experiment with the pressure foot pressure. You may also
have to adjust tensions.
Every serger is different, with every fabric and thread combo. You have
to learn to "play" with all the settings every time. At least until you
learn more about your serger. Eventually you learn the idiosincrosies
(even spell check doesn't give me a clue on that spelling......sorry) of
your own machine.
I generally finish the edges of fleece throws/blankets with a wide
balanced stitch with woolly nylon or woolly poly in both loopers, and a
short stitch length (almost a satin stitch look) Because I like the
effect I do use 2 needles so it looks like a double edge or whatever. I
wouldn't suggest a rolled edge quite, but you can try if you like. You
can also do a flatlock stitch over Solvy, then pull the Solvy off over
the edge. This pulls the thread to the edge (if done correctly) and
ends up looking like a blanket stitch. The excess Solvy just rinses out.

One other thing, if you have mild stretching, try some heavy steaming
and patting it back into shape. This will frequently work well.

Hope this helps.
Pati, in Phx

Susan Laity Price wrote:

Please explain the settings you use to edge the fleece throws. When I
tried this my edges ruffled (the blanket edges and my own because I
didn't like the way it looked) Would like to learn how to do a nice
finished edge on the fleece. The "tie two layers together" throw is
too warm.

Susan

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:56:54 GMT, "The Laws"
wrote:



I once said that a serger would be nice to have, and DSH (dear santa
husband) got one for me. I was afraid I wouldn't use it much but I sure
do. Right now I am making a cheater Daisy Kingdom baby quilt that comes
with a 3 inch ruffle. I rolled hemmed the ruffle on the serger, and used
the serger to edge and gather the other side so it wouldnt ravel.
KayeWood's Love Quilt Connection charity quilts are completely sewn on
sergers,reversable with a pattern a little like a log cabin. I don't make
clothes anymore, but do a lot of mending on the serger, and make napkins to
go with Table Runners or table cloths. I use it to make pillow cases to
match quilts. I used heavy thread to serge edges of fleece throws Kay





 




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