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Serger Secrets Every Beginner Should Know

Scared of your serger? Learn how to create professional-quality seams without the frustration of tangled threads, broken needles, or wasted fabric.

Posted in: Sewing Tutorials • December 11, 2024

Does your serger make you nervous every time you look at those threads and dials?

Today, I’ll help you dispel that fear with a few simple serger secrets. Watch my video, and you’ll learn how to create professional-quality seams without the frustration of tangled threads, broken needles, or wasted fabric.

By the way, if you don’t already own a serger, and you’re wondering if you really need one, here’s an article that will help: Do I REALLY Need a Serger?

And if you're thinking sergers are too complicated or that your regular machine's zigzag stitch is good enough—I’ll show you why that's not true. Even if you've never touched a serger before, these simple, logical steps will have you creating perfect seams in half the time it takes on your regular machine.

If you watch the video and you feel like becoming a total expert at using your serger, you’ll love our class: Ready, Set, Serge: Serger Basics.

You’ll walk away confident in threading, using, and troubleshooting your serger, and you'll have a brand new T-shirt to wear.

By the end of this course you’ll be able to:


  • Confidently thread your machine without any stress

  • Recognize what a perfect stitch looks like

  • Troubleshoot your less-than-perfect stitches

  • Set up your machine for 4-thread overlock, 3-thread overlock, 3-thread rolled hem, and 3-thread flatlock stitches

  • Sew curves and corners, and work with all sorts of fabrics

  • Wear a brand new T-shirt you made entirely on your serger!

What about you? Do you have a serger? Did you learn any new tricks in my video?

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