Serger - in use or collecting dust or want one?

**brook** · 12-20-2008, 01:52 AM

do you have a serger? do you use it or is it hiding in a dark corner of the closet collecting dust?

If you do what kind do you have? if you want one which one do you want?

I would love to talk about serging... likes, experiments, fears?

let's get those sergers out and serge foreward into the new year!

**Patty A** · 12-20-2008, 07:50 AM

wish I had one......want one, want one. Don't care what kind, but would love to have one. They are just an awesome way to sew.

**Dancing Lotus** · 12-20-2008, 08:13 AM

Want one, just can't afford it. whoo, those babies can get pricey.

**ladytoysdream** · 12-20-2008, 08:16 AM

I bought mine 2 yrs ago new at Walmart.
Brought it home, tried it out, and put it back in box.
Have not worked with it since.
Mine has a cutter that cuts the cloth as you go.
I don't like that part of it at all.
Someday if I have get the urge to really sew, I can dig it back out again.
I have 3 singer sewing machines currently, and all I have done recently is some mending of hubby's work clothes.

**Michelle** · 12-20-2008, 09:21 AM

Have one, in use, Baby Lock Imagine

**PB&J** · 12-20-2008, 10:41 AM

I have a Janome. I bought it last year it was about $350. I use it regularly, a few times a week. I sell things that I make on Etsy, and also use it to make my kiddos clothing. One of my favorite things that it does is a rolled hem. I use it on the edges of cloth napkins and they look very professional, it is one of the things I sell on Etsy and I've sold more than enough things made with it, to pay for it. lol

**homesteadmamma** · 12-20-2008, 11:02 AM

Don't have one, want one, just not in our budget at this time. I know it would get well used, however it's not a top priority right now.

**cheapskate 49** · 12-20-2008, 11:22 AM

I have 2, a Pfaff I got in 1999 and a 25 year old singer I use them both all the time .The singer I keep threaded with white thread and use it when matching colour isn't that important.Michelle I would love a Babylock Imagine it's a fantastic machine but it's not in my budget right now.
For anyone interested in buying a new serger the Brother 1034 or 3034 is the best deal around.I just spent hours researching serger quality for my sister, who doesn't sew,as a christmas gift for her DIL

**monkeywrangler71** · 12-20-2008, 11:34 AM

When I go on a sewing splurge I always wish I had one, but I know I don't have the space and can't justify the cost for the amount of use it would get. I would absolutely love to try one out though, or have one suddenly fall into my lap (okay, not literally into my lap - ouch)

**brook** · 12-20-2008, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by ladytoysdream

I bought mine 2 yrs ago new at Walmart.
Brought it home, tried it out, and put it back in box.
Have not worked with it since.
Mine has a cutter that cuts the cloth as you go.
I don't like that part of it at all.
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You can move the blade out of the way so it doesn't cut the fabric. See the manual.

I disengage my blade when I am doing pintucks... I do lots of heirloom sewing with it.

**brook** · 12-20-2008, 12:10 PM

there are many good used sergers at your local sew-n-vac for under $200, the brother, singer and white are under $200

no they aren't electronic, no they don't do a coverhem, but they are just as good as the expensive ones.

I have 8 sergers.. Elna, Viking, White.. I love my white serger!!! just love it! take away all 7 and I will keep my white! actually I am now looking at getting a Juki.

I use my serger 50% of the time, the other 50% is sewing on my SM.. zippers, buttonholes and some fancy stitch work. For construction, my serger is what I use. I do sew heirloom and love the serger for lace insertion, pintucks, and sewing lave together.

A serger is like a sewing machine attachment... larger and stand alone! LOL!

**lilk** · 12-21-2008, 12:45 AM

I would love to have one, but not in the budget. Maybe someday??

**pourfolkes** · 12-21-2008, 01:04 AM

I have a white serger....now I just have to work with it and really master the use of it...

**shellyrhds** · 12-21-2008, 07:26 AM

I want one and hope to have the funds to buy one by this summer. I'm hoping my "rationale" of "I can make things to sell with it" works out!

**ladytoysdream** · 12-21-2008, 07:31 AM

Brook, thank you for that info. I was thinking/hoping that was what I could do with it. I just did not take the time when I bought the serger to really play with it. My concern was that it worked, and I could fiqure out how to thread it. I had wanted one real bad, and decided new was the way to go for me.
My plan is to try using it again sometime soon.
I just picked up another sewing machine recently that was free to me. It's a older singer and wow is it ever heavy. Which is a good thing, because without me taking the bottom off to check, I am 99 % sure it has metal gears. Which is a good thing

Lately I have been working with yarn. First I crocheded some hats. Then I knitted a bunch of them. Now I am back to playing with crochet, trying to use up some odds and ends of yarn, and making some squares edged in black to make a scrap afghan, granny square style. I think I get into a one track mind sometimes.