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Serger and quilting
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 -- All outgoing mail is scanned by Norton Anti Virus software. |
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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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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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