Surging binding on
#3
Why don't I use my serge?
One- I've never thought it would make it easier to do.
Two- it will compress the batting and make for a less full feeling binding
Three - I'm not that good at getting a really straight seam with the serge like I can get with my sewing machine. Four- If I mess up a bit and sew too wide a seam, the machine is going to cut that too, so it's not going to be near as easy to rip and fix.
Five - I don't find the serge cuts multiple layers as nice as I'd like. Maybe my new one would but I've not tired it
Six - sometimes when serging, the cut off fabric gets going the wrong way and ends up getting sewn and then I've got to stop and cut it out so I can continue. Hate when that happens!
I recently bought a new BabyLock Ovation and will be taking a class with it. If any machine could serge a binding on successfully, I'm sure this one is it. But I still don't think I ever would. It's just too easy using my Juki.
One- I've never thought it would make it easier to do.
Two- it will compress the batting and make for a less full feeling binding
Three - I'm not that good at getting a really straight seam with the serge like I can get with my sewing machine. Four- If I mess up a bit and sew too wide a seam, the machine is going to cut that too, so it's not going to be near as easy to rip and fix.
Five - I don't find the serge cuts multiple layers as nice as I'd like. Maybe my new one would but I've not tired it
Six - sometimes when serging, the cut off fabric gets going the wrong way and ends up getting sewn and then I've got to stop and cut it out so I can continue. Hate when that happens!
I recently bought a new BabyLock Ovation and will be taking a class with it. If any machine could serge a binding on successfully, I'm sure this one is it. But I still don't think I ever would. It's just too easy using my Juki.
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I make double sided tablecloths with batting to protect the table. Wanting to have binding or what ever match the side that was up I used my Ovation serger and the wave stitch. I used one color in the upper looper and another in the lower. Turned out great.
#9
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Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
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I am with Macybaby. I would never use my serger to sew my binding on because of all the same reasons she said. And...how you gonna do the corners? I think you would still have to use a regular sewing machine to do them.
A lady I know who did a rail fence quilt, did all her piecing seams with a serger. Binding was done the regular way. I asked her why and she said the fabric was fraying really badly. I forgot that when I was sewing some fabric that was raveling really badly and just sewed two seams... the first at the 1/4 inch mark, and then a wavy seam closer to the fabric edge with a tighter stitch. I guess I could have overcast it, but I had forgotten about the quilter using the serger by that time. The wavy stitch worked.
A lady I know who did a rail fence quilt, did all her piecing seams with a serger. Binding was done the regular way. I asked her why and she said the fabric was fraying really badly. I forgot that when I was sewing some fabric that was raveling really badly and just sewed two seams... the first at the 1/4 inch mark, and then a wavy seam closer to the fabric edge with a tighter stitch. I guess I could have overcast it, but I had forgotten about the quilter using the serger by that time. The wavy stitch worked.
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