Overlocker projects

After hitting publish on yesterday's Hemming With your Serger post, I realized that I had opened a can of worms. I loved getting a...

Mastering the overlocker, and learning new skills

Learn about the variety of the different 16 stitches you can create on a serger and how they can be created differently from a standard machine. It comes down to a couple simple settings, including thread tensions. … More

Ah finally the six weeks of bedlam and mayhem that constitutes the summer holidays are over! The minute the children were shooed on their way back to school, I took a sweeping look at the devastation left in their wake and took to frenzidly cleaning, tidying and organising the house. And, of course, once that…

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*This is a guest blog, written by Iris Hoogendoorn*Hi everyone! I know the title sounds like this blog is supposed to start with ‘once upon a time…’ but as we all know sewing is not a fairy tale and really has its ups-and-downs. I’ll share some great tips I got when I just started using a serger, so hopefully your sewi

So you've just received your brand new serger machine (also called an overlocker), but have no idea what to do next? Here's exactly how to use a serger, from turning it on to doing your first test sew. I'm going to assume that you're a complete beginner who's doing