I was recently gifted a cover stitch machine (Janome CoverPro 900 CPX) and the ubiquitous Brother 1034D serger. I received the cover stitch a couple weeks before the serger and used it on the neckline, hem and sleeves of a sweater dress for my daughter. It took a few tries to get the threading right (mostly because I didn't realize you have to thread ALL the threads, not just the needle thread). But I love it and I will sew many more knits now that I have it. I am a fledgling lingerie sewist and it is the bomb (Do people still say that? I don't know...maybe it's "fetch" I should say) for making elastic look pretty on the outside and finished on the inside. Totally worth the purchase price (even if it was my money that had been used) and bit of storage room it takes up.
The serger has been a different story. The first thing, which I thought was going to be a simple way to familiarize myself with the machine, was a pair of boxer shorts. Everything was great on the leg seams. My plan was to mock flat fell them. The inside curve on the crotch was a terrible mess. No big deal, there is usually lots of ease in these patterns. Tried again. Failed again. Not too sure what the problem was. Maybe I just need more practice. The boxers were a wadder afterward but the fabric can be salvaged for something else. That was over a month ago and the serger has been trying to incite the other machines to mutiny ever since. Must return to taming that beast again in the near future. Can't have the machines thinking they are in charge of the sewing room.
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