Semi-urgent question!

Yes, that's what we like about her.

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Pogonip
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All in all, I think I'll let this pass by. It was only a passing thought, I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew for myself) and I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere on the web have I been able to find a review of this machine, so I think I'll just keep my money in my pocket for the moment.

Thanks anyway for all the replies,

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

*pouting, wishing that a serger like that would show up at that price in my neighborhood*
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Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH

;-)) Yes, she's b-b-b-bad to the bone, and that's what we like her for, wishing we were as evil! ;-)

U.

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Ursula Schrader

Yup! Never could stand goody two shoes types. VBG.

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FarmI

Mae West said, "When I am good, I am very, very good. And when I'm bad, I'm even better!" She could have been my mentor.

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Pogonip

Olwyn Mary, once you have a serger, you'll wonder why you waited sooo long to get one. (Provided of course that you take the time to learn how to use it and to thread it correctly)

I waited till I 'officially' retired before I bought one and now I think how silly I was to waste all those years and all those years of sewing and at a time when I really did do some power sewing.

I too now tend to only sew for myself with the odd foray into sewing for the grandkids, but even for sewing for myself and for domestic crud sewing, I couldn't be without it.

One example - we have 3 dogs and live on a farm and of course the dogs are treated like child substitutes and spend an inordinate amount of time inside (usually on the lounge in the family room).

They're filthy little brutes - always down rabbit holes or digging in my garden or rolling in a nice smelly dead kangaroo carcase and coming in looking inordinately pleased with themselves. The dogs need lots of towels and I have found the serger to be THE best tool to keep the dog towels in some semblance of decency. All the faffing around to cut the ragged bits of fraying towels with scissors and turn an edge on a standard sewing machine just never happened, but the serger.....

I love it and use it all the time - more so for doing domestic crud I suspect than I do for sewign my own clothes.

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FarmI

Is that a gun in your pocket.......

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FarmI

Naw, I'm just happy to see you. ;-)

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Pogonip

Giggle. Been doing them again. Victorian corset and Tudor kirtle.

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Kate XXXXXX

I think I've converted several people to stitched eyelets. I hate to see a beautifully executed Elizabethan gown ruined by Big Shiny Metal Grommets!

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Kate XXXXXX

My mantra is 'When I'm good I'm annoying: When I'm bad I'm WICKED'

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Kate XXXXXX

If you are doing lined and tailored things, or you love felled seams, pass it by. If you do a lot of knits, want to make your own swimsuits, use volumes of stuff that frays where felling is inappropriate, go for it. I couldn't live without my two. That said, I have just completed two projects with NO serging on them, and am embarking on a third. However, the serger will come into its own again later in the week on some toiles and the prospect of a child's dance costume.

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Kate XXXXXX

Boom boom! :-))

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FarmI

Don't forget that rolled hem edge that turns a remnant into a tablecloth, table runner, napkins, scarf, anything that would be dynamite with a finished edge that looks absolutely professional.

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Pogonip

Frankly, I loathe and despise that "rolled hem edge", which is neither rolled nor professional looking in my view. I grew up with a bunch of older female relatives who considered serged edges to be a sign of "cheap, factory made", and I guess I caught it from them. If I want a rolled hem, I'll do it properly. I don't make my own swimsuits, and I was taught "sewing with knits" years ago, shortly before sergers came onto the home market. If I am making, say, a pair of twill pants and I think the cut edges might fray, a simple row of machine stitches or a zigzag along the edges takes care of that.

Just my two cents.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

How do yoyu do a decent rolled hem on chiffon?

I don't make my own swimsuits, and I

Snap! But I still wouldn't be without my overlocker despite knowing how to sew knits quite adequately on a conventional machine. For knits, I consider the overlocker to do a far better job than a conventional machine now that I've had the experience of using both. It's a case of a new love in my life.

If I am making, say, a pair of twill pants and I

And worth every penny despite the fact that we obviously aren't going to convert you :-))

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FarmI

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