Sewing: Making Friends with Your Serger

Course Overview

What does this course tell?
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Once you've mastered threading your serger and are comfortable changing the machine settings to create 2- 3- and 4-thread stitches you're more than ready to go beyond the basic construction stitches It's time to learn just how versatile your serger can be In this course brought to you in conjunction with National Sewing Circle we will begin exploring the fun world of decorative stitchesYour National Sewing Circle instructor ZJ Humbach breaks the class into manageable lectures that let you learn how easy it is to create beautiful decorative touches to take your projects to the next level There's no need to rush Take your time and master each lecture before moving onto the next or come back and review individual segments as needed At the end of this course you'll see how fun it is to just play with your sergerStitch Overview is a concise breakdown of how serger stitches are made the interplay between the needles and the loopers for each stitch and the role of different types of serger thread with an emphasis on decorative threads ZJ also gives you invaluable tips for using your owner's manual in conjunction with this video to tailor the course to your machineDecorative Edges shows you how to turn the basic overlock stitch into a striking construction detail You'll learn easy ways to distinguish among the 4-thread overlock stitch and the 3-thread narrow and 3-thread wide overlock stitches and then discover how simple it is to create single-sided and reversible decorative edges for each one You'll also see how edges pop when you use a decorative 3-thread rolled edgeDecorative Finishes focuses how to pop your projects with impressive details ZJ shows you step-by-step how easy it is to create pintucks decorative flatlock stitching and blanket stitchingThe Bonus Project: Reversible Baby Quilt is a super fun project that features decorative stitching Thanks to the quilt-as-you-go technique and a decorative edge instead of binding you'll be able to start and finish this cute quilt in an hour or two ZJ also provides instructions to enlarge the quilt to a throw size A free pdf file with instructions is available for download