I'm looking at the Pfaff 4874 (or is it the 4876?), the one that also does a coverstitch. I've wanted one for a long time, but couldn't justify it since I already had two sergers.
Does anyone have this serger, and care to impart your wisdom about it? Thanks in advance.
Karen Maslowski"
Also, take a look at the Singer QuantumLock 14T967DC. Especially if $$ is an issue. It doesn't have the screen, but if you look at the machines that do have them, they are just informational, they don't actually run the machine. I just made a copy of one page in the manual for a guide.
OK, now that we know that the fabric is a knit for a T-shirt, and for a boy, I still say that the lettuce should be done first. What a mess to try to lettuce over a finished knit seam!!!
And I guess I am machine poor. I have one sewing machine (a New Home, Model Decor Excell II) that makes perfect stitches--never any puckering; and one serger (a White Speedylock) that usually works, but likes to unthread the left needle at crucial steps. But the serger has to be literally taken apart to do roll hems, and I don't use it on anything that will be worn more than one season. I don't like the look of serged seams, and prefer to use other, more attractive seam finishes.
I can understand Kate having more than one machine--she's a professional and always has numerous commissions going. Where do you store extra machines? I have only one small room used for sewing, and couldn't put another machine in there if I tried.
Teri
Oh, they get tucked in all over the place... :D
I USUALLY have the Lily set up on one bench and the Bernina serger on the other. There's room on the serger bench for the Brother as well if I have a not-too-bulky project that needs more than one type of seam/hem or colour combination that needs to be swapped between a lot. When not in use, the Brother sits on top of one set of Ikea basket drawers.
Under the Lily bench there sits the Singer 99K with one little Lotus on top of it. Between the Brother Ikea baskets and another storage unit sits the New Home with the Featherweight on top. Under the serger bench sits the Bernina with the Viking on top (Bernie has a hard case), and the Irish 15 clone with the Singer 367 on top. The second Lotus sits on the floor beside the fabric scrap bin... The Frister & Rossman Cub 8 and the Huskylock 910 both live in the loft, awaiting spare parts to get them going again. The Singer 15-88 treadle sits on the landing under the window, with the Jones Family CS, the Singer 28, and the Singer 99 on the floor beside it: they tend to get lifted onto the closed table of the treadle for use. The Adria Saxonia is in the conservatory, awaiting the final bits of restoration work.
There's also a bed and about 2500 books in the sewing room, plus the thread stash and all the trimmings and findings and zips and other stuff! I need to finish tdying the machines I had in school last week away, and straighten the place up so I can get back to more sewing. Right now you can barely get in the door!
I have had the Pfaff 4872 serger since it first came ot in 2001(I think) and love it. It does coverstitch, but for some reason, the tee-shirts & sweatshirts I hem for my cousin and her now deceased mother, I use a twin needle with wooly nylon in the bobbin like "pre-serger" times. I never sew them from scratch since I seldom, if ever, wear them. I like to do other sewing though on the serger. Emily
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