Product By Sewing With Nancy(13 customers reviews)
Product Description
In one step, a serger sews your seam, finishes the edge, and trims away any excess fabric. But it does so much more. It has stitch functions to do a rolled edge hem, flatlock seaming, gathering, and decorative chaining. You´ll appreciate the color coded EZ threading, differential feed, free arm, and adjustable stitch length and width. Plus, get a filled accessory case containing needles, blind hem foot, elastic foot, rolled hem needle plate, and more.
Technical Details
- Serger machine sews a seam, finishes the edge, and trims away excess fabric--all in 1 step
- 4/3/2 color-coded EZ threading; differential feed; free arm; adjustable stitch length and width
- Stitch functions for a rolled-edge hem, flatlock seaming, and gathering and decorative chaining
- Accessory case with needles, blind-hem foot, elastic foot, rolled-hem needle plate, and more
- Measures 13 by 9-3/5 by 11-4/5 inches
2010-08-12
By R. M. Cook (Kansas)
Pros:
-2, 3, or 4 thread serging
-Color coded for looper threading. It took me about 10 minutes the first time I threaded it. I have threaded my machine several times in the last couple of months and I can now switch colors and rethread in less than 5 minutes.
-has differential adjustment
-has several stitch options
-works ok with cheap thread (better with the quality thread though)
Cons:
-The needles are held in place by hex head screws so you need an allen wrench. My daughter lost the one my accessory kit came with, and the manual does not state the size. Its 1/16" though.
-the accessory kit doesn't fit into the free arm space. I know that isn't really a feature, but I have a friend that has a drawer in her serger for storing accessories.
Overall, I would recommend this to my friends. If you have stubby fingers or poor eyesight go for a model that self threads. But for me this was a great purchase.
2010-03-18
By Michael S. Schutz (Woodbury, MN)
We ordered this product and it arived very fast. Delivery service was very good. That is the only good news. This product is in a word "BAD." My wife, a very good seemstress, worked with it for two day and never did get the 4 tensions set to do a good job. We took it to a sewing center and they could not figure it out either. We ended up spending a bunch more money and bought a Baby Loc. No tension buttons at all!! You can sew any weight of fabric with any thread and the surged seem is purfect. Final word, Do NOT throw your money away. Buy QUALITY.
2010-02-18
By Urd Megami (FL)
So far this has been fairly good to me. I was easy to use easy to set up. The only problem I've had so far is it was hard to find all the adjustments, and sometimes the stitching seems to be too wide or too long without an intuitive way to fix it. Other than that it makes quick work of seams and am waiting to wrestle with the other set ups such as the gathering stitch. The CD was very helpful to see exactly how to thread the machine. However after watching it once or twice the manual was the most helpful for reference.
2010-02-14
By R. Jones (Virginia)
I sew very little. I have been pretty much snowed in lately and thought I would give serging a try. My machine arrived in only 2 days and I began the daunting process of threading it. I noticed that it already had some thread in it and I immediately pulled it out. I was actually a wee bit annoyed that they had left it that way. Oh my gosh, did I feel ridiculous when I figured out my mistake! Soooooo, I threaded it manually using the written instructions. It took a little longer than an hour to do so and most of that was spent on the Blue needle. The others were relatively simple. If you are COMPLETELY in the dark about sergers, I think this is a GREAT machine to purchase. The color coding was a life saver and I was actually up and running in about 90 minutes or less. The DVD provides very useful information about tensions, etc and I was very proudly making new seams on everything in my house in no time. My only complaint was that out of the box, the machine had a heavy mildew odor. It lingered on the machine for a few weeks and I can still smell it although it is bearable now. Other than that, I would recommend it even to the fearful. Nice for the price!
2010-01-10
By B. Heckman
I received this serger as a gift and love it. I have had a serger for about 20 years and love sewing with them. It was shipped very fast, arrived in great condition. It was packaged very well. I took it out of the box, set it up and started sewing with it. It does wonderful stitches, is easy to thread, adjustments are very easy to do. The instruction book is very helpful too. I would recommend this machine to anyone who loves to sew.
