“Three Day Hands-on” Baby Lock Ovation/Evolution Serge-A-Thon Retreat! Taught by:
A SueGB Independent Serger Expert
FULL 3 DAY HANDS-ON EVENT AND a Baby Lock Ovation or Evolution Serger can be furnished for your use in class! Students will be given a CD with the 3 workbooks in a PDF file to print or save to your favorite electronic device and complete one each day in class. Fee includes a fabric sample packet each day to complete the fully illustrated, in color, step by step workbook with samples!
Work book CD and Fabrics Included!... A $150.00 retail value! Join us for 3 “fun, filled days” to learn your Baby Lock Ovation or Evolution serger in and out! You will learn how to use the serger from the “basics to advanced” techniques. You will say, “I didn’t know I could do that on a serger!” This hands-on retreat is for everyone! If you are thinking about buying a serger, now you will say, “How did I ever get along without one!” Baby Lock sergers “thread themselves”….have no tension dials to figure out...and the easiest serger on the market to change to different stitches!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: DAY ONE: WHEN TO SERGE, WHEN TO SEW Threading 4-thread stitch Stitch width Stitch length Differential feed Fine tuning option for tensions Machine parts Machine accessories that come with serger Needle and thread information Proper fabric handling techniques On and off in the middle of the seam Serging inside and outside corners Reinforced seams Open 5/8” seams French seams Flat-felled seams Bias bound seams
DAY TWO: How to serge elastic “The Factory Method” How to use the elastic accessory foot How to use the gathering accessory foot How to make piping/cording Using decorative threads— from the light to heavy weights 3-thread stitch Rolled hem stitch uses Seams in lace and chiffon 2-thread flatlock stitch The “Wave” stitch The Napkin “Trick” let the serger cut them out! Serger pintucks Serger crochet edging Lettuce edges Vanishing rolled hems
DAY THREE: USING THE COVERHEM AND CHAIN STITCH Coverhem threading technique Making hems, in three widths Decorative coverhems Attaching lingerie elastic Attaching lingerie lace Coverhem shadow stitch Shirring over elastic Understanding the coverhem accessories Using the chain stitch Removing the chain stitch Decorative chain stitches Setting the machine to a 2-thread flatlock stitch