Sergers - starting to look for one
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,497
I have the BL Imagine and have had it for a number of years. Would replace it in a heart beat if it died. Never have had a problem with it and it is worth the price for the air threading in my opinion. Good luck with your decision.
#12
I use the Evolution serger for a lot of things. I make clothes, doll clothes, serge fabric edges before washing, serge edge of quilts before binding, put in zippers, add beading to projects, do piping, and I have even been using the wave stitch with heavy thread to bind quilts that I back with flannel. It is a fast way to finish the lap quilts.
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 46
The brother 1034D is a great workhorse machine.. I had one for years and never had a problem with it other than the cutting knives getting dull (totally normal, I replaced them a few times when I had the machine), then I had the chance to try one and I fell in love with the Babylock Imagine and had to have one.. it's so easy to use, there's no thinking or fiddling with tension involved, you just set it up for the stitch you want and it comes out perfect every time. I've had mine for about 7 years now and I'd absolutely buy another.
To be honest the air threading.. I could take it or leave it. Once you know how to properly thread a serger it's really not hard to do and it doesn't take much time at all. I think the people who find it so difficult just can't follow directions (the order in which the loopers are threaded matters a lot, and not all machines are the same). What really sold me on the Imagine was the auto-tension.. it's like magic
I also got a really good deal on a Pfaff 4874 several years ago and I've had a love/hate relationship with that machine... it serges really nicely but I mostly use it for coverstitching and there are many times I wish I had something simpler like the Janome Coverpro that only did coverstitching, so that I wouldn't be constantly re-threading the machine every time I changed my mind about what I wanted to do with it.
What it really comes down to is price and ease of use. I recommend the brother all the time without hesitation, but I admit I am a bit spoiled with my Imagine The Pfaff... I probably wouldn't buy another.
To be honest the air threading.. I could take it or leave it. Once you know how to properly thread a serger it's really not hard to do and it doesn't take much time at all. I think the people who find it so difficult just can't follow directions (the order in which the loopers are threaded matters a lot, and not all machines are the same). What really sold me on the Imagine was the auto-tension.. it's like magic
I also got a really good deal on a Pfaff 4874 several years ago and I've had a love/hate relationship with that machine... it serges really nicely but I mostly use it for coverstitching and there are many times I wish I had something simpler like the Janome Coverpro that only did coverstitching, so that I wouldn't be constantly re-threading the machine every time I changed my mind about what I wanted to do with it.
What it really comes down to is price and ease of use. I recommend the brother all the time without hesitation, but I admit I am a bit spoiled with my Imagine The Pfaff... I probably wouldn't buy another.
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Albuquerque NM
Posts: 674
I have an older new home serge 334D it make the prettiest roll edge seam, because I can use a 600 denier thread in it. It has thread disk. <o></o>
I bought a BL imagine several years ago. I can not adjust the thread tension on it! So my next one will be self threading with tension disk also.<o></o>
I bought a BL imagine several years ago. I can not adjust the thread tension on it! So my next one will be self threading with tension disk also.<o></o>
#18
Phyllis, that was one reason I opted for the Englighten over the Imagine, since the E had the auto tension.
Having never even tried a serger before, I thought it would be the best machine for me.
What thread does everyone use and where do you purchase it? If you have a 4 thread, do you find you always or most never buy 4 spools of the same color?
Having never even tried a serger before, I thought it would be the best machine for me.
What thread does everyone use and where do you purchase it? If you have a 4 thread, do you find you always or most never buy 4 spools of the same color?
#20
Phyllis, that was one reason I opted for the Englighten over the Imagine, since the E had the auto tension.
Having never even tried a serger before, I thought it would be the best machine for me.
What thread does everyone use and where do you purchase it? If you have a 4 thread, do you find you always or most never buy 4 spools of the same color?
Having never even tried a serger before, I thought it would be the best machine for me.
What thread does everyone use and where do you purchase it? If you have a 4 thread, do you find you always or most never buy 4 spools of the same color?
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