Part I: Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you how to maximize your serger and have FUN using it. In this two-hour video based on the book Creative Serging, see close-ups of all the tips that make decorative threads work on YOUR serger, PLUS great fashion ideas
Part II: This is a continuation of our Creative Serging video and is also based on our book Creative Serging plus The Serger Idea Book. Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you MORE great ways to use YOUR serger for decorative over-locking. And you'll see a fashion show of creative clothes.
Add the perfect finish to any garment or household decoration with this handy guide to serging. Special sections go in-depth on garment treatments, explaining how to select appropriate decorative materials and when to apply such techniques as heirloom serging. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions along with models displaying each finished product make this an essential resource for the avid sewer.
Learn to use decorative threads, yarns and ribbons in your serger, plus creative clothing and home decoration ideas. This DVD includes in-depth creative rolled edges, tricks for serging sweater knits and how-tos for an easy four-step jacket. Lots of close-ups and fashion ideas! 2 hours.
Take a private sewing lesson with Pati Palmer or Marta Alto right in the privacy of your own home! Both Pati and Marta have been teaching the art of fitting and sewing since the early '70s, and have a faithful following around the world. Just pop in one of these fabulous DVDs and follow along as they share more than 30 years of construction and alteration experience.
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Creative Serging I & II
Part I
Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you how to maximize your serger and have FUN using it. In this two-hour video based on the book Creative Serging, see close-ups of all the tips that make decorative threads work on YOUR serger, PLUS great fashion ideas:
Decorative threads, yarns, ribbons
Tips for using decorative threads
Creative tension ideas:
balanced
flat-locking
wrapped edge
blanket stitch
Creative flat-locking ideas:
framed and floating
hems (loopers out, ladders out)
flat-lock fringing
"couching"
smocking
flat-locking over pearls
Part II
This is a continuation of our Creative Serging video and is also based on our book Creative Serging plus The Serger Idea Book. Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you MORE great ways to use YOUR serger for decorative over-locking. And you'll see a fashion show of creative clothes.
All serger models featured
Decorative rolled edges
stitch length, width and tension for decorative threads
scalloped rolled edges
fish-line rolled edge
rolled edge flowers
How to feed cording & not sew through it on any model serger
Heirloom serging
Sweater knits
4-step jackets
curves and corners
reversing decorative thread at lapel roll line (same technique used in fixing hiccups)
"Extraordinary" ideas
fagoting
making your own trim
serge a bedroom
