Ok, I am hoping to get some tips and tricks here. I decided that I am in such a need for summer that I would put together a couple of outfits for my little girl, just a little sunsuit and shorts/overall type thing. However, I have this nifty serger that I *cough* stole from my MIL. (Like she's ever going to use it!) And I would love to have some ideas on seam finishes before I get too far involved in these projects. So far I have mostly used the thing to go around evenweaves before putting it on scrolls to do cross stitch!
Do you use the serger for just finishing the seam or do you use it to create the seam and finish the edge as well? (This is for future reference, as this time around I am just using for finishing and using the regular machine for the seaming.)
How do you finish with the serger seam? I know how to serger across the beginning if I am going around something, but most of these seams are very straight and some are very short! It's that tail end (or beginning tail) piece that I don't know what to do with and I don't want the thing unravelling on me!
Also, do you serge each side of the seam when pressed open, or do you serge them together and press the seam to the side as a single unit?
Ok, I think that's all I can think of for the moment. I know these are pretty generic questions, but I didn't see anything on Kate's site about serging, just using a regular machine to do finishing....and those were pretty cool too! Yes, I know, Google is my friend and I'm going over there to do some reading too. I just wanted to hear from everywhere so I can get as much information as I can! Sometimes personal experience is better than a webpage!
TIA! Dannielle