My New Toy
I am becoming more & more addicted to my sewing! A couple of weeks ago I took a little class on creating these small, fleece, cuddle blankets. At the class, we used a serger to go around the edges of the fleece, but I don’t have a serger at home. So, I’ve been using my sewing machine to sew around the edges.
Now, anyone who sews knows that most sewing machines can do a fine job sewing an overlocking stitch around the edge of fabric, but it also take a while to go all the way around, not to mention, it uses quite a bit of thread.
I happened to be in the store on Monday when the lady informed me that she had just sold a very nice, entry level serger machine that had been discontinued, for less than $200. She said it was very good quality and in fact, had purchased one herself and felt strongly that she could find a few more at area stores. Indeed she did find one and I purchased it yesterday!
Now, I read the manual this morning and, other than the one blanket I made in class, I have absolutely no experience using a serger and I can’t seem to get this one to sew anything. It came out of the box pre-threaded and I didn’t change anything, but it doesn’t seem to want to sew. So, I will have to wait to use it I think.
I am signed up for a class on Wednesday of this week to learn all about it and after that I will be powering my way through more fleece blankets. I stocked up on fleece this week because it was 1/2 price, so I’m ready to go. In the mean time, I think I’ll go start another project, maybe a new bag.
Here’s my new toy.
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