#sergers

[headedoutleft]

I’m finally using my serger, only took me six months to get up the courage

#thankfully it came pre-threaded #just using it to finish edges for now because it’s scary #I might get brave and do some inside seams but figuring out the stitch width is hard :/ #sergers #sewing

[vinceaddams]

Most of the stuff I work on at my alterations job is suits, but today I did a prom dress for the daughter of an acquaintance, and everyone else at the prom is going to be soooooo jealous of the 40 cm deep pockets I added.

#sewing #alterations #she had a matching stole that she didn't want and asked if I could use that fabric for pockets #and fortunately the shop has a serger #and the side seams were easy to get at and it's a fairly heavy poly satin so they barely even show! #I put a giant cone of thread in one of them to see if it'd cause any weird puckering and it didn't #actually they're more like 44 cm long in total and I cut them about 20 cm wide at the bottom

[huariqueje]

The Three Wise Men - Frederick B. Serger

American, 1889-1965

Oil on canvas , 25 x 29.9 cm. 9.8 x 11.8 in.

#Frederick B. Serger #american artist #three wise men #Epiphany Eve #5 january night #twelth night christmas

[b4kuch1n]

frog documentation. frogcumentation

I think I mentioned a while back I'd post nibling frog momence after the gift's done given. which happened on the 2nd this month I just forgot lmao. anyways we can do it now. I used the boigameista pattern scaled up to four pieces of A4 print paper and decided to double deck it to a two layer thing, not unlike a pillow, for ease of washin. because it was gonna be gifted to a one year old child

took a long time and made a number of mistakes bc hand sewing makes me worse as a person but this guy was done in time for the birthday occasion and that's what matters. chose non-fuzzy fabrics for it because we live in a dense city in the tropics and from personal experience if I hug something made of fur I would explode. the original plan included felt patterns on its back for bonus textures for baby but that wouldn't stretch well along with the rest of the thing so had to hold that back. eventually we got this

zipper across its ass, the coat type of zipper bc I miscalculated when ordering. but it did have a shape and that's all that matters to me. will be a fun game for the baby to grow up and be severely misinformed about what a frog looks like

happy extremely late birthday to this thing also

#bakuspecial #uhhhh. whats my craft tag. I forgor. update this later #frog plush babeyyyy #I want this thing to last until the heat death of the universe so I felled all the seams down. dont recommend doing this by hand #Im so stubborn lmao I refuse to get a serger I will simply get better at hand sewing instead. damn its taking kinda long #there used to be a Lot more frogs around hanoi. but the lack of clean water ponds and lakes have driven down the population #I live like right at the edge of the city rn tho (will no longer be the case in five years) so there are still a lot of aminals #house robins. skinks. fireflies (!!!!). praying mantises. tree frogs #they love to hang out at the fountain inside the complex right across the street. had to pick em up to return to the fountain #from the hot brick tiled ground a few times #theyre so small. theyre so small.... #I miss house geckos they dont show up a lot in our apartment. I wish they would they would love the cockroaches around here #and of course. bc the kind of rice we eat is more short-grained and thus usually not all the way dried like the longer-grained type we have #so many rice weevils. do u know those little fucks do not drown for a Long time #do u know they lay eggs inside the rice grains and that's how u find out ur rice about to become the weevil beverly hill #by washing the rice and seeing hollowed out grains float up. I have become an expert at this. #but I get to see skinks in random bushes so who am I to be pissed about that. skinks rule #this has been baku talks about animals for a mile of tags. thank u for listening #well. its evening and the family wants to go out so that's what we're doin. hope u have a good time too wherever u are #see u this midnight when I reblog every new posts I've made in the last week or so lmao

[sleepnoises]

I'm not reblogging the long post about sewing machine planned obsolescence because I feel it's slightly apples and oranges but what I WILL say is now I am looking at sewing machines on craigslist and having a delightful time. So many strange beasts

#Should I impulse buy a serger #(i should not because I love a careful seam finish)

[badassindistress]

Ruffled flounces are all fun and games until you have to hem 9 metres by hand...

#it's gonna be so princessy though #i have a rolled hem foot but it is not fun to do on a circle #i have a serger but I'm finishing the top by hand so i want the skirt to match #this is a problem of my own making #a talia original #talia's adventures in dressmaking #excerpts from my life #sewing #sewing progress #white summer outfit #at least the sewing of this will be with my treadle machine #i have a week to finish this outfit..

[seconddoubt]

Duncan Grant, c. 1965 / Frederick B. Serger, 1946 / Frederick Childe Hassam, 1914

#art #paintings #portraiture #oil painting #duncan grant #frederick b serger #frederick childe hassam #20th century art

[doll-princesse]

I found this blue Heather knit at Walmart and thought it’d be perfect for Maritza.

This evening I made 2 on my serger, testing out a straight strip of knit serged on one end as a neckline facing, same as I saw in a commercial garment. Worked on serger technique and pattern adjustments.

The second one sewed up sooo much quicker than the first. Practice makes perfect!

This fabric came in a 2 yard precut, so now I have 1 & 3/4 yards left of it… that’s a ton at doll scale o.O but also I think Luciana would like a t-shirt dress out of it, so that’ll use up some more.

#i feel like I leveled up as a sewer #bc im not scared of knit anymore #i spent literally spent 8.5 years of my sewing journey scared of sewing knit #nancy from sewing with nancy helped me conquer my fear #and the serger helped a ton too #sewer mimi #rambles in tags

[roboticchibitan]

Went to the free class to learn how to use my serger and now me and Edith (serger's name) are besties. She's got Personality because she is almost 30 years old (aka she doesn't function on default settings and takes tinkering to get anything other than a 4 thread overlocking stitch out of her BUT that is OK cuz I basically just bought her for four thread overlocking). She's so old she has to have a different plate for rolled hems but that's okay. I don't need rolled hems tbh. I don't like how they look. And! Luckily for me! Her bottom knife is super easily accessible so I should be able to replace it myself! Also! She takes regular sewing machine needles! She sews nice and slow, too which is nice because I was a liiiiittle bit scared of her.

Anyway, we're besties. Now I just gotta finish embroidering the green linen pant leg so I can start sewing those pants together!

#v's fiber arts tag #sewing #edith the serger

[algid-star]

I am having such a rough time focusing on literally ANYTHING besides sewing.

Job-Search? DnD? Dance Curriculum?

NO, MUST SEW. MUST MAKE MORE JEANS.

Have I finished even ONE pair? No. No I have not. HOWEVER, I have learned so much that the process is so smooooooth. I can cut out a whole pair and have the back legs fully flat-felled and pockets attached in a day. I just want to make MORE and MORE.

It doesn't help how many steps are blocked because I don't have access to a serger. So I just keep starting new garments, getting to the part where I need a serger, and then moving on to a new project.

#serger #sewing

[mildmayfoxe]

ok. went to the fabric store today and successfully hemmed my depop velvet pants and successfully sewed the tiger to the jacket and successfully bought fabric glue because i need to admit that i have to take some shortcuts in order to make my life easier. i simply cannot hand sew the rest of my appliqués. everyone was very suitably impressed with my Vision™ and had many compliments 👼🏼 i had to hem the pants twice because the first time i didn’t cut off enough fabric so now i’m basically an expert 💅🏼 i also got to use a coverstitch machine for the first time and by god those things are amazing. also i got a burrito from my favorite taqueria bc i was in my old neighborhood and now i’m going to EAT IT!!

#i always forget how nice it is to use a sewing machine!! so easy!!! #sergers also my dream. love those guys #there’s a lining in the pants and i just serged the shit out of them bc no one cares if there’s a nice hem on the LINING!! so fast and easy #i need to make use of the sewing store more often bc the studio time rate is honestly very reasonable #and the place is full of the nicest machines in the world (berninas) #and it’s so nice to have a big table and irons out and hot and sergers… so good. love it #the nicest thing about working there was being able to use it all for free #photo record #now i just need to glue a bunch of stuff #and i’m going to try to dye a vest pink tomorrow as a top option #but i also might just do black… still to see…….. #do i have some kind of crafts tag #crafts tag #?? #art tag #i guess

[pettyprocrastination]

Turned a pair of Jeans I havent worn in years into Lacey flares with some skeleton fabric. Please tell me they look nice :,)

#tj talks #craft tag #im going to make some binding to put on the raw edge on the inside because i dont hace a serger but rn they are just sitting on my desk #these are very out of my usual hoodie ajd jeans comfort zone but i am happy with them🥰 #i think i made the flare a touch too wide so it looks silly from the front but fuck it theyre allowed to be wonky i made them myself

[ourbastardofsorrows]

“in a hell of my own making”: boring, overused, vaguely christian

“in a saw trap of my own making”: spicy, sexy, implies that a ventriloquist dummy is somehow involved in my suffering

#tia text #saw 2004 #oh so guess who officially fixed their serger! i had to order a part bc the stupid machine ate one of my screws but it's fixed! it works!

[glossopetrae]

There is nothing I can recommend more than resisting disposability/forced obsolesence of things by getting interesting and modular with your possessions, like headphones with durable replaceable cords, sturdy army surplus or work clothes, repairing and fixing and modifying yr shit. Repairing things is a satisfying skill and It also looks sick as hell

#my brother adds new pockets and front panels to his hoodies made of salvaged planeseat leather and i love it #my oversized 70s headphones will last my lifetime if im comfortable changing out the cord when needed #percy posts #i want to budget more time to patching and repair this year- my new place has better workspace and i want to get my serger+machine set up

[kieraoonadiy]

How to use a serger machine without breaking it!

#serger #sewing #serger sewing machine #singer serger #how to use a serger

[badassindistress]

Question:

I just bought enough black cotton to make myself another pirate shirt like this:

Would anyone be interested if I turned this project into a little sew-along?

Where I do a weekly post explaining what I'm doing and anyone who wants to can sew along with me and show off their progress and hopefully have a cool shirt at the end

Would that be something people are interested in?

#this is absolutely not a fully fleshed out idea yet #but I'm making the shirt anyway #and i have an everybody should have a floofy shirt agenda #asking for opinions #I'm thinking handsewing #maybe do the long seams with the machine to save time #following the instructions will work for either i think #and this really is a good beginner's project #especially if you have someone to ask questions to #no idea how long this would take. with a serger i can make one in a day #by hand it's much longer #it'll have to be divided in equal-ish portions #i just think it might be nice to get a little low pressure community going #a talia original #leave a reply or an ask if you would join in