I'm thinking I may Need an overlocker, but I'm not sure what to look for.If you too have experienced and acted upon this Need, any recommendations for brands and features?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Take me to your overlocker
I'm thinking I may Need an overlocker, but I'm not sure what to look for.If you too have experienced and acted upon this Need, any recommendations for brands and features?
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I recently got my very first serger. It is a Brother 1034D. It was not very expensive, is very easy to thread, uses regular sewing machine needles and it works wonderfully to sew seams and finish edges. I am still learning what it can do, and how to use it(it comes with some instruction books and a DVD). I checked out reviews of sergers and this model got many positive reviews on several sewing sites
I bought myself a second hand Janome on Ebay and it's fantastic. Just make sure you get a 4 thread so that you can whip up trackie daks etc without having to sew the seams as well.
2 weeks ago I bought a Janome 4 thread second hand from an ad in the newspaper. I managed to get it threaded, from the manual, and have edged my cheese-making cloth with it!
Its about 8 years old and the lady said she used it once- I don't know if I believe her...it came with 4 white cones and 4 black cones and they were all still in their wrappers, as were most of the accessories. I don't think it had been used at all. She was also asking the exact price I had saved up, after the $50 she knocked off the price in the initial phone call!!
So I can't really say if its a good one, because I haven't tried and tested everything yet. But I can thread it. And man, it looks good on my sewing table! ;-)
Yes, you need an overlocker! I was itching for one for ages, and my parents gave me for christmas. Since I started using it I haven't looked back. They are awesome. As for what brands etc... no idea. Mine was an old 4 thread Janome (MyLock 234D) that came from ebay and it's fantastic. But I think the next one I'm saving for will do cover stitch, so I don't have to hem after overlocking edges.
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