Serger feet question

I have purchased an entry level serger not long ago. I'm very pleased with it but want to buy a few feet for it. Do the ruffling and cording feet work well? Any suggestions on other feet you all find most useful? I sew household things, some apholstery and am learning to sew clothes (they are so much harder than the household stuff!)

Which extra feet do you all suggest for my sewing machine also?

Thanks in advance

Dana

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Dana Compton
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I've been indulgent enough to buy most of the feet for my Pfaff sewing machine, but the ones I use most of all, other than the 'standard' foot, are a zipper foot, useful for getting in close on detail work, and a 'narrow edge' foot, which has a narrow vertical guide strip running down the centre of the underside of the foot. Makes accurate stitching close to the edge a doddle.

I do a fair bit of decorative work, and most of the feet that are supposed to help with this type of sewing don't deliver as promised. A heady mixture of care, patience and the three feet I mentioned above seem to meet most of my needs! :-)

Don't ever be tempted to buy a ruffler foot - they're the work of the devil! Mine was soon consigned to the collection of 'under the kitchen sink' buys that seem like a good idea at the time......

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The Wanderer

I would suggest going to a store that sells your brand of serger and see what is available and discover all the functions your serger will do. Read your manual becasue it will tell you things you never knew about! Barbara in FL

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Bobbie Sews Moore

Darn it, I was so hoping the ruffler feet worked well. I am a beginner sewer clothes wise. I've been tempted to just increase the tension on the machine to get ruffles LOL. I HATE making ruffles. I read that I could take a piece of nylon fishing line and let the serger serg over it and pull it to get ruffles but I haven't tried it.

Dana

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Dana Compton

It works well, Dana. Also on thin or not so thick fabrics, I run 2 rows of stitches parallel and gather them; and dividing both fabrics in quarters makes it easier to work with them. Of course, I learned to sew in the

1940s on a 1930 Singer and never had any feet for it. DM sewed "for the public" as it was called in those days and I learned most of my sewing skills from her, an aunt who had the same type machine, and my DGM who had an even older Singer. I have the Pfaff4872 serger and received a gathering/shirring foot for my birthday last month, but haven't tried it yet. A DD wgi sews says it is really nice; I will try it soon. Emily
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Emily Bengston

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Taria

I have a gathering foot for my serger. It took a lot of practice,patience and very careful reading of the instructions, but I have it down pretty well and I'm happy with the results. I've never been good at gathering little girls skirt waists or putting a little ruffle on the bottom of a skirt, but the foot has solved my problem. The biggest thing is to do that kind of sewing on a flat piece and then do my last seam to make a skirt. Juno

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Juno

Taria, I have the ruffler that came with my 1962 Singer 501 and use it when making DGD's frilly skirts, and lots of other things. I think I received the one for the serger because I was lamenting about how easier it would be to sew her Christmas-plaid taffeta, tiered skirt with the serger rather than the regular machine. Emily

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Emily Bengston

Thanks for the reminder, Juno. I found a piece of fabric at the sewing machine dealer's shop that has snowmen frolicing on the beach & in the ocean with sunglasses, leis on their necks, paddleboards, etc. to make DGD's next skirt, but this will be just a plain gathered with elastic-waist; I do not want to deter from the design by adding tiers, etc. She called to ask if I thought it'd be okay to wear her Christmas skirt to school today. I said it'd be fine this time, then I promised she'd have this one by the end of next week; that is if the post office delivers it in a timely manner. The C pkg was sent by Overnight Express, but took 3 days to arrive, it went from Houston to Raleigh, NC, then down to Greenville, SC. I don't know why, because there are two flights daily non-stop to Greenville. But that is not as bad as the one I sent Priority Mail to a friend in a small town in FL. It went as far as Gainesville, then back to Houston before going to its destination. I know it had the correct zip, too. Oh well, we don't live in a perfect world, so I'll get off my rant now. Emily

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Emily Bengston

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