When I bought my serger it came with unlimited free lessons on its use. During one session my teacher said, “I tell all of my students that if you learned how to drive a stick-shift, you can certainly learn how to use a serger.”
I had to learn to drive on a stick-shift because it was all my family had. My brother took me to an empty parking lot for my first lesson. I managed to get the car stuck in a mud puddle on the periphery of the lot. My brother was too astonished at my complete lack of control to get mad at me. During one of my tearful practice drives my mom said to me, “Keiler, you know how to use a serger. You can learn to drive a stick-shift.” I did eventually learn how to drive, but I prefer to travel by train or foot.
I have finished my serger lessons, with the last one focusing on the cover stitch. This is the one I told you about, seen primarily on t-shirt hems. The machine makes two rows of straight topstitching on the front and a ladder on the back that encloses the raw edge. I made this t-shirt out of one that Scott got at a computer game conference. I didn’t use any of the existing seams, so I don’t think I’m cheating by using clothes to make clothes. I’m happy with this. If anyone out there has large t-shirts with weird graphics that you don’t want to be seen wearing, please send them to me.
This is my serger - Viking Huskylock 936
It isn't my actual serger - this picture is from the Husqvarna website.
1 comment:
I never became comfortable driving a stick shift...but I did know how to sew at one time. Never did use a serger though.
I'm glad you're back at the blog!
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