vickig626

Not sure I'd use one for complex blocks (needing very precision stitching) but I'm working on a t-shirt quilt and decided to stitch the shirts together with my serger. I realized I needed to mark my 1/4" so I used a permanent marker along my bed and it works great. Gives me a line to follow but I am taking my time to make sure it stays straight. Serging too fast (for me) tends to move the fabric.

carolynjo

I had a friend who serged every quilt she made. There is no such thing as a dumb question.

rrhaigh

I use my serger for clothing and tried it on a simple block quilt, but it is hard to ensure the 1/4" seam.

KarynneStorm

I haven't done this, but my concern would be when actually quilting it, if it's on machine, that would be a lot of bulk to try and get the needle past.

RAChhap

I have used mine for doing the jelly roll mile a minute for charity donations and for those it was excellent-made 2 tops in one afternoon. I figured that if I kept the seam consistant it wouldn't matter if it was a smidge bigger than 1/4 inch. I made a mark right on the serger bed and just lined up with that.

LadyElisabeth

I have used mine for blocks where it doesn't matter if the seams are exactly 1/4 inch. The blocks go together VERY quickly.

kathdavis

I made my first four quilts with the serger because I didn't know we weren't supposed to. My quilter said that they were the most squared up quilts she had ever seen.

I do know that some quilting competition and judging does not allow you to use a serger to piece the quilt.

MNquiltlady

I have a serger and would never be without one. I have sewen most of my quilts with the serger, but straight stitch the pieces if there are a lot of points, I like it for piecing large or small squares and boarders and strips between the squares.

Krystyna

It's a fast way to do simple blocks. I think if you look up Sewing with Nancy PBS videos there are some episodes showing how to do it.

Gay

I made 2 quilt tops with my first 'you-beaut' serger over 20 yrs ago, all 4" blocks, from several fabrics cotton, polycoton.(that was new you-beaut fabric too at the time) Nearly drove Mum & Sis mad from the noise of the machine, cause they were trying to watch the soapies and I had to limit sewing to the ads. The seams outlived the first quilt - and I've just quilted the second one on my longarm for practise.