Well it is another day and I will finish a large batch of scarves today, then DH (dear hubby) can sit and pull threads for fringes while he watches Fox News all evening....the 'My Serger, My Friend' CD has all the information you need for the care and use of your serger-no matter what the brand. It also includes some examples of using your serger for things other than just serging a seam - such as making a beautiful rolled hem. These CD's will be available in my shop and on my Website (www.stclairoriginals.com) beginning Black Friday, Nov. 25 and the regular price will be $ 7.95. I will have a Holiday Sale Price of $ 6.95 for a limited time and you may Pre-Order now to make sure you get one....and get FREE SHIPPING.
My Serger, My Friend is just the beginning of a whole series of CD's that will be available over the next few months........these are based on my classes and are a step by step guide to help you have a wonderful sewing experience. These programs are in PowerPoint with pictures and instructions on every page. Simply put the CD in your computer and when it opens you can click on the screen to go forward or backward to the info you want. You may also print out everything so you have a hard copy for reference.
Talk to you tomorrow........
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Serger Problems??????
What a fun day! I have been doing tight rolled hems on long rayon Batik scarves for the past two days. The ironic thing is that I am almost done producing my CD and DVD on 'Making Friends with your Serger'....and I spent several hours today cussing mine out and being very frustrated. I rarely ever have serger issues, so maybe this happened to make me understand my customers' frustrations better.
Brought the Serger from home today (I had been working at home on a project last weekend) and when I plugged the Serger in, it appeared not to be getting power. After 10 minutes of plugging and unplugging, checking the power strip, back up battery surge protector etc, I realized the only thing wrong was that my bulb had evidentally burned out! I never actually tried to sew on it, just assumed that because there was no light, there was no power....WRONG.
Then when I changed thread colors, I forgot to reset the lower loop tension...when I tried to sew everything got icky. Spent about 20 minutes fixing the threading problems and then realized what I had done. Started to do rolled hem on scarf and top thread broke and messed up again. Fixed it and re-threaded and two minutes later it broke again.....this was like a 3 Stoogies movie or something....then I discovered I had a bad spool of serger thread (it happens). Every yard or so the thread was cut on the spool. Maybe it came that way or maybe I knicked it with the scissors when I removed the wrapping.....anyway, I now have a better appreciation of all your frustrations out there in Sewing Land. Maybe the Sewing Fairies though I was getting too smarty pants about never having serger problems and decided to give me a hard time!
Brought the Serger from home today (I had been working at home on a project last weekend) and when I plugged the Serger in, it appeared not to be getting power. After 10 minutes of plugging and unplugging, checking the power strip, back up battery surge protector etc, I realized the only thing wrong was that my bulb had evidentally burned out! I never actually tried to sew on it, just assumed that because there was no light, there was no power....WRONG.
Then when I changed thread colors, I forgot to reset the lower loop tension...when I tried to sew everything got icky. Spent about 20 minutes fixing the threading problems and then realized what I had done. Started to do rolled hem on scarf and top thread broke and messed up again. Fixed it and re-threaded and two minutes later it broke again.....this was like a 3 Stoogies movie or something....then I discovered I had a bad spool of serger thread (it happens). Every yard or so the thread was cut on the spool. Maybe it came that way or maybe I knicked it with the scissors when I removed the wrapping.....anyway, I now have a better appreciation of all your frustrations out there in Sewing Land. Maybe the Sewing Fairies though I was getting too smarty pants about never having serger problems and decided to give me a hard time!
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