Thank you! I was inspired to make this video after seeing so many new sewists in online forums confront this issue, just like I did as a beginning sewist.

Thank you for the comments! I also prefer dedicated machines for serger and coverstitch - with the combo models it's very inconvenient to go back and forth between serging and coverstitch.

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! If you have ideas about topics you'd like to see covered, please let me know!

Tap on the little sewing machine its blue. It'll take you to his page. There you can subscribe and watch previous videos.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Sorry you find the music a bit overwhelming! I will work to mute the music track a bit more in upcoming videos. The video does have an English-language subtitle track that tracks the spoken word near 100%; perhaps that would be a solution for you?

That's a very interesting question. It's a capable dedicated coverstitch machine that's available at a very good price compared to other machines on the market, though it doesn't have as many stitches as the higher-priced models. I'm very satisfied with the quality of the stitching it can make. Where it is really lacking (and is the reason I made this video in the first place) is user-friendliness. On the plus side it's very easy to thread, especially compared to most sergers. But it's very difficult to manage the threads getting your project in and out of the machine, and you can damage your project if you are not careful. I had to consult online tutorials to learn the right way to do this (the official manual is not helpful) and those tutorials are themselves a bit complicated. If you're looking for a good basic coverstitch machine and you're willing to deal with the procedures I cover in this video, then yes, go for it. If you're not mechanically/technically inclined, I'd say look elsewhere.

I'm sorry, I don't follow. Could you give a few more details?

Thank you!

Thank you for the feedback - it can be a challenge doing this for the camera, since I have to do what the machine wants me to do, often with the camera right where my hands are supposed to be!

Yes, the example in the video is a sleeve, from a hooded sweatshirt. To lengthen the rise of a pant, look for a lengthen/shorten line on the pattern midway between the waistline and the crotch point. If the pattern doesn't have one, pick a point midway between waistline and crotch point that interferes as little as possible with other features such as zippers and pocket openings. Don't forget to lengthen both the front and back pieces!

Thank you - that's what I'm aiming for.

Can you find one for less on the used marketplace? In my in-person serger classes, people ask me if I will teach coverstitch, so in my opinion no video on hemming with the serger is complete without it. But in this video I also wanted to show that even if all you have is a basic serger, you still have alternatives. (Most of the demos in this video were done on the Brother 1034D, an entry-level serger).

@LineOfSelvage no, no second hand options because i live in a remote area. Coverstitch are generally only owned by folks who do commercial sewing. They sell for $1800-3500 here. Thanks, Ive used an overlocker for 25 years and know the options

​@cassieoz1702 Those are professional I suppose. You can buy a new one for about 700 USD.

@avdm196 yes, they seem to range from AUD$950-2500 here.

@cassieoz1702 Hello from Holland! Maybe Amazon refurbished are cheaper. Like all electric modern tools, nice to have but not essential to make beautiful clothes. Nowadays, there are stretch threads in all colours. 2 parallel rows of 3.5 straight stitch (no special stitch for knits needed: I tested and no popped seams) replicate the coverstitch on the outside. Since knits don't fray, no serging really needed. Sew one row close to the top edge of the hem if need be. With twin needles, lower the tension if necessary to avoid tunneling.

Thank you! Hoping your serger has coverstitch!

Thank you! My studio space occupies a long but narrow portion of my home garage. There's a photo of it on my Instagram, if you're interested (@lineofselvage). The space is not photogenic at all, and when filming I try to arrange the camera angles to show as little of it as possible! But in short there's a small table just for the sewing machine, where I swap in whatever machine I'm using at the moment, a folding cutting table that is usually two-thirds open, but I can wheel it out to open all the way when necessary, and finally an industrial sewing machine with its associated worktable. Nearby I also set up a folding table just to hold things while I work, and there are IKEA pegboards on the walls to hold tools such as scissors and rulers. In another corner of the garage is the ironing station, with ironing board along with a gravity-feed iron. It gets VERY crowded during filming with the video tripods and extra lighting equipment! The cutting table has a mount arm with a GoPro situated over the cutting surface, that I used to produce the time-lapse assembly sequence you see in this video.

Thank you! In terms of the language options, I do offer Italian language for subtitles, with some proofreading help from an Italian friend who also subscribes to the channel. Other languages are auto-translations from KZbin.

You mean there's a zippered vent at the sleeve opening? Answer is likely yes, but it would involve a bit of surgery to shorten the zippers, and to rehem/refinish the sleeve with that zipper almost certainly cannot be done with a serger.