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Sewing: Making Friends with Your Serger: Beyond the Basics

1.5 hours on-demand video

$ 49.99

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Brief Introduction

This extensive course will help you learn how to use various accessories available for your serger.

Description

If you’ve already started using your serger and are ready to move beyond the basics, this course is for you. Take time to broaden your horizons and learn about the advantages of using accessories available for your serger. In this course, brought to you in conjunction with National Sewing Circle, I will focus on two workhorse accessories that will make your life easier: the blind hem foot and the gathering foot.

Your National Sewing Circle instructor, ZJ Humbach, breaks the course into manageable lectures that let you learn these accessories inside and out. There’s no need to rush. Take your time and master each lecture before moving onto the next or come back and review individual lectures as needed. At the end of this course, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without these time saving additions for your serger.

Blind Hemming with Your Serger introduces you to the joy of using your serger to do blind hemming. Think of how much time you’ll save when you can finish the fabric edge and hem in one simple step! You’ll learn the ins and outs for using the cousin to your sewing machine’s blind hem foot. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to use, and ZJ will show you a simple adjustment that will give your projects a more professional look.

Taking Gathering to the Next Level will move you beyond the basic method of gathering with a serger and add a new dimension to your sewing. A gathering foot makes it faster and easier to gather and ensures a more professional finish. You’ll learn four different time saving ways to use the gathering foot: single-layer gathering, gathering and joining simultaneously, gathering and joining with lace, and how to create layers of gathers.

The Bonus Project: Toddler’s Layered Skirt puts all you’ve learned in the previous segments together. You’ll make and adorable toddler’s layered skirt that features blind hemming, gathering with lace, and joining multiple layers of gathers. ZJ also shows you how to create a fast and easy elastic waistband that requires no casing! The skirt requires no pattern, and you can easily alter it for older children and even adults. Best of all, you can make the skirt in less than half an hour!