How to Use a Serger for Beginners - It's Easier Than You Think!

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Don't leave that new serger in a box gathering dust! This video walks through everything you need to know about your serger settings and how to use it - it's not as scary as you think!
If I missed anything that you'd like to know about sergers, please let me know in the comments - I'd be happy to make a short video covering the answer, if I can.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:50 What Does a Serger Do?
02:09 Thread Cones
02:49 Threading the Serger
06:08 A Tool to Make Threading Easier
06:46 Air Threaders
07:03 Needles
07:28 Stitch Length
08:02 Differential
09:14 Tension and Cleaning
11:23 Starting Off a Seam
12:10 Seam Allowance
12:50 What To Do With Slippery Fabrics
13:51 Chaining Off
14:18 How to Start and End a Round Seam
15:00 Should You Secure Your Tails?
15:50 How to Secure the Tails When Necessary
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@pamelaashley181 Год назад

Sewing for 25 years??? I thought you were about 25!!!

@SewPDF Год назад

Ha, that is lovely to hear, thank you - I just turned 40!! I started sewing in high school.

@goatviewent1350 Год назад

She’s been sewing since she was born 😂

@__-hh3gt Год назад

@@goatviewent1350 Why you degrade others. Be polite.

@goatviewent1350 Год назад

@@__-hh3gt what are you talking about? If anything I complimented her by saying she looks 25, what are you on?

@ctricac1d608 7 месяцев назад

@@__-hh3gt why is that degrading??

@thatsnotfunnymrskatie Год назад

Oh my word what a lifesaver you are. Thank you for making this and helping me stop having a heart attack on my first serging project!

@SewPDF Год назад

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@kathleensauerbrei5199 Год назад

Oh my goodness all my life I have wanted a serger, and as you said I got it and I sat there and looked at it and was terrified. Lol so of course, RU-vid to the rescue. And I found you, you may not know this but right now you have become my very best friend. Thank you for these wonderfully patient videos. They are worth their weight in gold. 😘💕🥰❤️🙂🇨🇦

@SewPDF Год назад

You are so welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!

@asdominguez4341 2 года назад

What a great tutorial!! I spent the morning watching serger tutorials. This was my favorite. Thank you!!

@SewPDF 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for commenting!

@KSMP Год назад

Great video! I'm a new serger owner and definitely reticent about using it. The one thing I can't wrap my head around is figuring out seam allowance and how to line up the fabric with the different guide lines on the machine.

@SewPDF Год назад

Yeah that can be tricky, some machine's guides aren't very well marked. Personally I do mine by eye - if you don't cut anything off, that's 1/4" seam allowance. To do 3/8" you're cutting off a thin sliver, about half the width of the remaining seam. To do 1/2" you're cutting off the same amount as what remains in the seam.

@roaminghereandthere Год назад

You are one amazing teacher... Everything is explained in a very clear manner...thank you soooo much!!

@SewPDF Год назад

Aw, thank you so much, I'm so glad it was helpful!

@jacquelineanne3934 Год назад

Excellent instructions, thank you 👍

@SewPDF Год назад

You're welcome, glad it was helpful!

@ileina9859 Год назад

This video and you are incredible! So beautifully informative, thank you!

@SewPDF Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@oliverg6864 Год назад

Thanks I found this really helpful!

@SewPDF Год назад

You're welcome, I'm glad it helped!

@pamelaliebelt9967 Год назад

Your tutorial is excellent!

@SewPDF Год назад

Thank you!

@tinadeatherage3067 Год назад

Excellent overview!!

@SewPDF Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@ablong6134 11 месяцев назад

Your are an incredible teacher!! Thank you!

@SewPDF 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful!

@franug Год назад

Thanks! I got a second-hand Janome serger today, but I haven't bought cones for it yet. Can't wait to start. This video is pretty useful; I watched a video from the brand, but this explains more

@SewPDF Год назад

Glad it was helpful, have fun with your new serger!!

@katielove9932 Год назад

You are a fantastic teacher to watch! We have a new top-of-the-line Babylock air threader serger that has sat in the closet for 18 years. I love serging on clothes but am intimidated by the lower looping. Don't want to jam anything. Otherwise, I tried the serger years ago, and it was fun to use.

@SewPDF Год назад

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the compliment! I hope this inspires you to take your serger out and have some fun with it :)

@KTquiltsandsews Год назад

thank you. you went just at the right pace. I'm glad I bought a serger :)

@SewPDF Год назад

Great to hear! Glad I could help :)

@user-jl1yw6fb5s 6 месяцев назад

This was so very helpful!!! I just bought a serger and yours is the best video I have watched! I'm new to sewing as well and I couldn't have done anything without the invaluable tutorials for people like you! THANK YOU! I look forward to watching more of your videos!

@SewPDF 6 месяцев назад

You are so welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!

@melaniehall5249 Год назад

Such a helpful video!

@SewPDF Год назад

Glad it helped!

@madelynh1527 9 месяцев назад

I feel so much more confident now! Thank you ❤

@SewPDF 9 месяцев назад

You're so welcome!

@junepage9048 9 месяцев назад

Great information. Thanks for helping me to re-visit my serger.

@SewPDF 9 месяцев назад

Glad to help!

@jimpollock7361 Год назад

This video is great! The explainations were well thought out especially for a beginner. Less scary now...

@SewPDF Год назад

Thank you, so glad it was helpful!

@MaddieDazey Месяц назад

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

@SewPDF Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@lynnebizlyne436 7 месяцев назад

Excellent video tutorial / instructional. You are very informative and clear in speaking. Thank you for sharing. I am in research mode about getting a serger and I truly appreciate your video.

@SewPDF 7 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@karenhasson8156 Месяц назад

Thank you, I was gifted a hand me down serger, and felt intimidated to use it. I'm going to watch more videos and experiment with it.!

@SewPDF Месяц назад

You can do it! Best of luck!

@rivenroyce9923 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this

@SewPDF 8 месяцев назад

No problem, glad it was helpful!

@terripigg5933 Год назад

Hello, can you, or have you done a video for a rolled hem? This video is great!

@SewPDF Год назад

Not yet but it's on the list!

@suehudson7777 Месяц назад

Have been looking to get a Serger, but wanted to know the basics first. You did a wonerful job of covering it. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Short, sweet and to the point. My kind of teaching. Will be looking at your other videos afte this.

@SewPDF Месяц назад

So glad to hear, thank you for watching!

@Just.The.Next.Step. 2 месяца назад

Thank you, God bless you ✝️🙏🏻

@SewPDF 2 месяца назад

You are so welcome!

@martinemoran3752 4 месяца назад

This was so helpful! I've wanted one for years but was afraid of buying one. I happened to mention this to my MIL, and she gave me the one she bought -- a Singer -- that she never used! Thanks for the great tutorial!

@SewPDF 4 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@user-fs5yf7yf5f 10 месяцев назад

omgosh! I inherited my grandmothers sewing machine and serger not too long ago and I have been terrified to use it because I didn't know how or where to start. she had never let me use it before, so I didn't even know what it was until recently. she had taught me to sew by hand when I was 5 and I had fallen in love with it and eventually I moved on to the machine. but now I'm excited to say I'm moving on to serging too! thank you sooooo much for this video!!🙏🙏🙏

@SewPDF 10 месяцев назад

Glad it helped, enjoy your serger!!

@mariagharooni1629 2 года назад

Good tuition but really need to see the rolled hem PLEASE

@SewPDF 2 года назад

I will try to get a rolled hem video made later this year - unfortunately my machines are packed away at the moment as I am moving this summer!

@patriciabarnes3582 Год назад

What a great tutorial! But when you get the chance to show us more about the Rolled hem please!

@SewPDF Год назад

Thank you! I am moving next week so hopefully once we settle in I'll have more time for new videos :)

@Jin04115 Год назад

Great video. New subbie.

@SewPDF Год назад

Welcome!!

@elaine58100 Год назад

Great video! I get confused with the seam allowance measurements shown on the right. Am I supposed to line my fabric up with them? They just seem a little far off to me. If anyone can help I would be really grateful. Thank you

@SewPDF Год назад

To be totally honest I find the markings on my serger confusing too, I just eyeball it. A serged seam width is approximately 1/4" wide, so for a pattern with 1/4" seam allowance, I align with the knife and don't cut anything off. For 3/8" I cut off the equivalent of half the seam width, and for 1/2" I cut off the same amount as the seam width. With the seam width right there to compare against, I find it pretty easy to do it by sight. If you struggle though, you could measure it out yourself and put some tape to mark it.

@4KConelove 10 месяцев назад

I just bought one and need to make sure it works, as I picked it up at a Goodwill and only get a week to get a refund. I hope to finish off edges of fabrics so I can make handkerchiefs, scarves and simple clothing patterns. I hope I can learn asap. Thanks for your tutorial ❤ It’ s Pfaff Lobbylock and came with specific colors which are colorcoded for some reason to the location the thread goes into in the machine. It didnt even come with it’s manual but there’s one online. I’ve use a sewing machine for decades some 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 I can pick this up quickly enough.

@SewPDF 9 месяцев назад

I hope it works well for you! Usually they come color coded when they are brand new, hopefully you snagged a great deal on a machine that has never been used!

@ingeneren Год назад

Where did you find the commercial cones of thread? I go through the standard size pretty fast! Thank you 😊

@SewPDF Год назад

My mother-in-law bought them and then gave them to me because they didn't fit on her serger - sorry, I'm not sure where she got them! But we're in Canada so I'm not sure it would help you anyways.

@TheNursegal Год назад

Would love a rolled hem video

@SewPDF Год назад

It's on the list!

@kittys.2870 Год назад

I want my garments to be as nice looking inside as outside. More professionally appearing.

@SewPDF Год назад

For sure!

@shirleyontiveros612 3 месяца назад

Yes, my surgery did really intimidate me when I first started using it. However, I learned to just jump in and start using it now I am so proficient with it then I have to keep telling myself to be very careful how close I get to the needles and blades. Lol.

@SewPDF 3 месяца назад

Good advice!! I think we are all intimidated at first haha

@vlcope 4 месяца назад

How do you sew a blanket stitch on a brother 1034d serger?

@SewPDF 4 месяца назад

Sorry I have never sewn a blanket stitch on a serger. Try searching for that specifically (blanket stitch on brother 1034d serger) and hopefully there will be something to help you

@paula1758 Год назад

Rolled hem!!!!

@SewPDF Год назад

Thanks, will add that to the list for new videos!

@geraldinemurch2039 2 года назад

Also it is much quicker and much easer to use tooth floss to thread the loopers ( Stitch fingers ) than with tweezers.

@SewPDF 2 года назад

Oh interesting, great tip!

@pennyandersen8254 10 месяцев назад

Yup.

@SewPDF 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@YasuTaniina 6 месяцев назад

Yep. I've been using sewing machines since I was 6 or 7, I'm 33 now. Someone gave me a used surger a couple years ago and its been sitting there unused because I'm sort of intimidated. Theres no manual or anything, just the spools and the machine really

@SewPDF 6 месяцев назад

If you can find the model number on the machine, you may be able to find a PDF of the manual online!

@etanaf 8 месяцев назад

This video didn’t help me make the first test sewing. I still don’t know how to start sewing.

@SewPDF 8 месяцев назад

I would suggest watching a video on how to thread your specific serger. At the end they should show you how to "chain off" once it's threaded. From there you can use it as shown in this video to sew seams.

@peteh4122 9 месяцев назад

I hate my serger. I honestly dont feel like i can control it no matter what i try. I've watched a million videos and i get it in principle but i just dont seem to be able to control it to just sew straight. Using the seam guides are useless as you can't really line up the edge accurately as the machine is so fast even when you are going slow. I feel so much more control over using a sewing machine but the serger is just crazy and i want to be good at it 😢

@SewPDF 9 месяцев назад

It does move much faster and it takes practice, I would recommend practicing on scraps. It's also possible your machine may have an issue feeding fabric straight and need service, but it's hard to say

@user-ix1ct2md1i 5 дней назад

I cannot keep up with all the reading she is doing. The threading area was too dark I could not see where she was feeding the thread! Need more lighting. Not for beginners and to fast. I won't recommend it.

@SewPDF 5 дней назад

The threading section was intended to be a very quick overview as every machine will be different in the specifics. I highly recommend searching for a threading video for your specific model of serger.