Finished alteration(s)

Yay!!!

Glad you got those done and don't have to worry with them any more. ;)

Sharon

I was starting to think she had washed them and they shrank-to-fit. ;-}

Beverly

I understand what you mean, Beverly. I bought the Pfaff 4872, with the coverstitch, because I thought it would be perfect for hemming things; but with the difficulty, I continue to use a twin-needle straight stitch on the regular machine, with wooly nylon in the bobbin. So what if it isn't a real cover stitch, it works for me, and my DDIL & cousin don't complain. Emily

Well, not quite yet. A couple of weeks ago younger DD and I went out for lunch and did some shopping. She found some really pretty Ts in several colors, with an interesting keyhole neck detail. So she bought five, one in every color. However, she is a scant 5'2", so RTW shirts are too long for her. I just finished hemming them all using the coverstitch machine, which is a b***h to thread. She owns me big time. ;-)

Beverly, NOW back to sewing for DGD and me....

Technically speaking.......I think she owEs you big time. And possibly you own her big time.

Sharon

I feel the same about the Huskylock 936. I chose it thinking I would use its coverstitch function, but YUCK! what a pain to switch. It ewould have been nice to have one machine set up to do both, with no need to swap thread cones from one machine to another.

Instead I bought a dedicated coverstitch. I really like the BabyLock coverstitch machine, but this was a challenge because I was working on 6 different colors, so had to make six thread changes. In additional, two of the shirts needed alteration to the side seams, so I had to thread the serger with two different colors, then move the cones to the CS. I'm glad I have the tools, though, and I'm getting really good at threading both. :-}

Beverly

My(mine) brain(bran) thought(though) "owes"(ours) my(mine) fingers(figures) refused(reused) to(too two) cooperate.

;-}

Beverly, throwing a pincushion at Sharon's head....

I guess my spellcheck recognizes "e......." anything as a legitimate word now....

So, knock it off, Sharon!

Wow, that's interesting. I can switch my 936 over in less than 5 minutes and don't find it a pain at all. I found it a lot easier to switch over than the Pfaff.

-Irene