Top Overlocker Serger Tips - A Beginners Guide To Starting A New Project

[@sujeybermudez9947]

Love your videos and attitude Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😉

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome

[@sheilajones4491]

Abbi i cant thank you enough for this video and your ones in differential feed. Iv finally got tension right and understand how to adjust. You are an amazing teacher 👏🎉

[@AbisDen]

Thank you Sheila, I hope you enjoy sewing with your overlocker, thank you for your kind words! 🌷

[@johnmarshall124]

Brilliant video, you are better with one hand than I am with two. I learn something every time I watch. J.

[@skynarita]

Thank you for this tutorial. I love your calmness and the way you communicate maintaining the focus stitches, way of handling the fabric, serger settings, etc.

[@CaritaFelizzSFO]

Hi 👋🏼 This has been such a helpful video! Thank you! I'm a newbie with my serger and I sooo would like to be an expert at using it.

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant! Glad to have helped

[@xristinamaniati8095]

perfect!!!!!!!thank you!!!

[@AbisDen]

Glad you like it!

[@blairecottingham5839]

This was so incredibly helpful! Thank you for the explanation and tutorial. I haven't used a serger in years and cannot wait to get started on my upcoming projects!

[@tiarayong5377]

Great tips, the last tip on a clean chain off was something I was specifically looking for. Thank you 😊

[@AbisDen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sharonjones6063]

This is by far the best overlocker help video I’ve seen. Thank you!

[@AbisDen]

Glad it helped!

[@arwensreads6191]

I am very grateful for your videos, they are extremely helpful. I am about to do a small project to raise money for an animal shelter, so keep your fingers crossed!

[@AbisDen]

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@bits-and-bobs]

I'm very addicted to your videos. I even watch some of them a few times, in case I missed something. I suppose it's a healthy kind of addiction 😂 xx

[@plasma800]

Excellent, thank you! I always get those funny pointy curves when chaining off. I knew there had to be a better way.

[@Twisterjoe]

Thank you. So simple, and clear, and suddenly thread tensions look easy to understand for a new sergester like myself.

[@lorenzosousa1949]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ very usefull video abi Your videos are always excelents

[@pammunford7102]

Wow 👍 I was very happy with my overlocker and thought I knew what I was doing . Thank goodness I thought I might learn something. I’m pleased to say , I haven’t got “the hump “ anymore . That tips worth its weight in gold . Thank you so much 😊

[@AbisDen]

I always try to sneak something in for the pro sewers. Glad you clicked too

[@cecilianilsson1594]

Thanks for those tips, despite using my serger for many years, I learned quite a few things :-)

[@susansams1027]

Love your tigers!!! Thanks so much for those tips.

[@user-22-]

*Great* tips! I’ve had a few sergers but just don’t use them often enough to remember how to or even do the simple things well like exiting the seam without being very noticeable . *Thanks!*

[@944gemma]

In my humble opinion, this is the best and my favorite sewing video channel. Lots of good information. And, you make everything look so easy and doable.

[@nikkimaguire177]

Thank you!!! I have used my new serger just enough to have made all the mistakes that you show how to avoid. SUPER HELPFUL!!! Now I am eager to go try again using your teachings

[@AbisDen]

You are so welcome!

[@bcvahsfam]

This is very helpful to me a beginner at using a serger. Thank you so much!

[@donnamcsorley6777]

Brilliant demo

[@AbisDen]

Thank you Donna 🎂

[@robertanderson-ve1uv]

great tips once again from you Abi thanks you, I am learning a lot from your video's just like a private teacher in my own home, thanks once again.

[@veroniqueappere911]

I recently bought a surger...I had never used one before. This tutorial has been a tremendous help. A thousand times Thank You! 🙏🏻 I ´m not scared of the machine anymore 😉.

[@loopabasewing2108]

Please more overlocker videos. Brilliant!

[@Soloniite]

That's I'm meant too🙂

[@lindaa8822]

Thanks Abi! Another great video, and despite having my serger for over a year, I have learnt a lot! I didn’t know about increasing the needle tension if the stitches show, and my ‘joins’ always looked a mess, as I thought that chaining off at an angle was the only way to join circular serging Looking forward to the next video!

[@15SecondsWithMona]

This helped me so, so much. Thank you!!

[@katiegrace6968]

Awesome video! Thank you so much!!

[@teresaroberts7376]

You are truly a wonder, Abi. Thank you so much!

[@thriftinguk]

Wow i have learned so much in 9min! Thank you so much

[@944gemma]

Is it any wonder why I love your videos.

[@purple4lavender]

Brilliant video once again. I've had my overlocker a couple of years but still need help esp with differential feed! I always recommend your channel to beginners. Maybe something you could consider for future video - changing the stitch finger

[@anthonykirkendhall4344]

You are a godsend!!!

[@s.dc.r.4614]

❤️Thank you very much!!!! I have same same overlock and I have prayed for someone to show how to adjust tensions and get the right stitches!!! Thanks again!, very useful! 😘

[@angelamcgovern1525]

Thanks for a fab video. I brought an over locker in January used it once and put it back in the box. I think I will watched your video again and give it another go.

[@kaybomba]

Really useful video thanks Abi x You’re the best!

[@AbisDen]

You're so welcome!

[@ElewinaX]

Thank you for this video! I recently got my first overlocker and I loved it, but I've been pretty clueless and you answered all my qiestions here!!

[@tinajefferies5682]

So helpful Abi. Bought the Lidl Singer overlocker S010L two weeks ago. Your videos have helped me overcome that initial ‘fear’ of using an overlocker. So chuffed - I made the lounge pants you showed in another video from a £5 B&M fleece blanket. So cozy!

[@AbisDen]

Mmmm. That sounds so cosy! 💕hope we can’t see the stitches on the good side now 🌷well done

[@lotionspotions3143]

This is so helpful Abi - thank you ♥️

[@eleniavgerinosorman3181]

Thanks Abi! I love your videos! 😊

[@Soloniite]

Thank you Abi❤ I'm working with sewing machines 40 years but new wave overlockers is mystery to me 🥴 I'm very excited for this hacks 🤩

[@andyk1k1]

I love, love, love your tutorials Abi x

[@nickilee9822]

Great tips. Thank you. I am always learning from you

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant!

[@mecraftytoo]

Great video Abi, I really needed to see this, first thing tomorrow I will be oiling my machine and watching you again and follow along. Great stuff, thank you. x

[@AbisDen]

You got this! Did you?

[@mecraftytoo]

@@AbisDen oh yes thank you, I oiled, changed needles, and re-threaded all. Now I have a perfect stitch.Thank you so much. x

[@pattiselanno58]

Thank you for sharing

[@AbisDen]

My pleasure

[@annieearley6692]

Yes great tips as always Abi thank you

[@leedavis5958]

That was great Abi. So useful. 🌹😊👌

[@brendaeves3236]

This has been a fantastic video for reference. I am new to overlooking and this video has been so useful to me. Thank you, you have taken a lot of the fear away with your clear explanations!

[@MyDaisy66]

Very helpful. Thank you 🙂

[@millydollydame]

Thank you so much! I've learnt a lot and am actually looking forward to getting the overlocker back in action tomorrow (at last).

[@colleensmith4285]

Thank you great video, I’ve an overlocker on my Xmas list x

[@AbisDen]

Exciting to have something to look forward to! I'm sure you'll love it!

[@Maridith2]

Thank you, I picked up some great tips!

[@Sheilacharnley]

Brilliant video I really love your tutorial's I have a Gemini pro overlocker bout 3 mths and my go to tutorials are yours thank you

[@AbisDen]

Glad you like them!

[@sSsimona27]

Thank you so much, it really helps a begginer, i was a little overwhelmed about not getting the right seam, it really has sense now❤️

[@lora3677]

Thank you!!! You have helped me tremendously today. :)

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant 🌷

[@camit3763]

Thank you.

[@lindas8956]

Your videos are so clear and easy to follow - looking forward to practicing more on my Lidl overlocker.

[@marisabudi8675]

Hi Abi, many thanks for this video, I'm having a hard time using my overlocker. I'll follow your tips!

[@AbisDen]

Tell me what’s going on

[@koalasez1200]

Great tips; interesting to see these techniques on thick fabrics like the fleece and fleece/furry fabrics you use here. I’m guessing the same approach works w/wovens plus some slight adjustments.

[@AbisDen]

Absolutely. Just a tweak here and there until you’re confident with the stitch out. If it all fails go back to the standard settings and try again! ✨ woven fabric need hardly any change at all.

[@lunasmum6869]

I don't use my overlockers as much as I really could. I love these tips as they can easily be forgotten when I don't get to my machine. Thanks so much. That meeting the first stitches and finishing off without the awful pointy bit is so clever but I always seem to forget. My memory left and has been replaced by a Forgettory!! If I watch enough times and, importantly, get my overlockers out, I may actually remember things! I love all your hints and tips and look forward to your next ones. My Singer overlocker keeps stopping as the cable is loose and falls out. I've jammed it in with a little bit of paper but I wonder if that is the best way to keep it connected. Very frustrating but I kept it because it has the sleeve arm which is so useful. I have no idea if it is the cable that is loose or the machine connection. The machine was well out of guarantee before I found the courage to use it! Maybe I will try a new cable and, if that doesn't work, then I will just have to carry on with the bit of paper!

[@AbisDen]

Oh no. That’s not safe is it? See if a new cable works, hope you’re feeling braver now Keep commenting so I know !! Love reading all of the comments. Don’t always have time to reply 💕🌷 love the support. Thank you 😊

[@suzannajarvis1143]

Thanks Abi, this is really helpful for knowing how and when to alter the tread tensions and stitch length. Also the meeting up and chaining off too. Could you possibly show us how to adjust the cutting width on the SINGER S0101L. I can’t see any markings to indicate positioning it. I thought I could use a sharpie to mark it if I knew what I was doing 😉 I’ve just used mine to overlook the edges of the fabric I’m using to re upholster my office chair before I sew it together on my sewing machine. Your videos have been invaluable to me in learning how to use my overlocker. 👍🏻💕

[@annwarren4171]

Thank you Abi. He’s a cute animal. What settings did you find were best for the fabric? I appreciate your replies. Happy new year to you. Regards, Ann.

[@AbisDen]

Happy new year!I tend to keep factory settings and tighten the left needle to 6 or 7

[@sewingmachines6369]

nice👌

[@thepowerofsteele]

❤️❤️ Yaaasss, just got the Singer overlocker from Lidl and definitely needed a video like this

[@AbisDen]

glad to help

[@sheilajones4491]

Hi abbi, i returned to this video having saved it - so glad i did as haven’t used my lidl singer overlocker in some time and i have now bought some stretch fabric to make a new dress and was nervous of attempting it. i was repairing some stretch dresses and on shortening hem it got all wavy, will try again with yr advice. What is yr view on stretch plastic for shoulder seams ? Will seam tape do the job? Yr channel is wonderful.

[@AbisDen]

Thank you. The plastic (stretch) tape for shoulders is excellent. I’ve used it a few times. The problem is that it’s plastic. Instead, try a piece of woven fabric cut on a slight bias so you’ll have a little stretch. Much better for the environment. Using your scraps and saving you money x triple win x

[@lesleycharlesworth1808]

Hi. Brilliant videos, thank you. The problem I have had is that some of my seams have snapped in wear or after being washed. I wonder why that might be? Also, am I right in thinking that with a four thread overlocker, the seams should be strong enough on their own, rather than having to do seams first on a regular sewing machine?

[@eileenharrison7816]

As a complete beginner this was so helpful. I still haven’t quite got the hang of threading 😢.

[@AbisDen]

If you have a new brother 1034, return it and treat yourself to a better machine. The brother will fail again and again and you think it’s you. It’s not you. It’s the machine. They’re rubbish

[@annwarren4171]

Thank you for a great tutorial as always Abi. I was looking for a video about settings for fleece. I have the Janome 9300dx machine, but trying to sort out settings for the thick fleece seams. This is a used machine, but it was stuck on the RH settings, but managed to free it. Would you please tell me what needles are best for fleece? Thank you.

[@AbisDen]

Hi Ann. I would use ballpoint needle with fleece but found some fleece which may be thinner prefer a stretch needle it’s a bit pointier.

[@dcwatashi]

No one ever mentioned increasing the tension on the left needle before of course it makes sense now . 🤪I always wondered why my stitches could be seen if I was tugging on it a little bit

[@AbisDen]

Brilliant!

[@magpie64]

Hi Abi, great informative videos your doing on an array of overlockers. I have been looking at some Brothers and Janome models and wandered if you had any advice or recommendations for me on either of these makes? as I seem to be going round and round in circles trying to decide!! 🤔 Thank you.

[@magpie64]

Thank you for your response Abi 😀

[@rhondawigley9219]

Why does my brand new thread break when I tighten the tension slightly. I have the Brother 1034D serger. Thanks for your help! I love your videos!

[@AbisDen]

Good question! open up the left side - your looper guide might be bent as in one of my previous tutorials.

[@rhondawigley9219]

@@AbisDen send me a link?! Ty

[@rosaliepingree4198]

What brand threads and needles do you like? Is there any way to stop the serger from shaking and sounding loud?

[@AbisDen]

I like Gutermann and if you’re in the uk,moon threads from coats. If your machine is shaking, you’re possibly sewing fast. Make sure the suckers adhere to the table well.

[@cm380]

Hi Abbi, i noticed your needles were overlocker / serger needles. What needles did you use for this project please. Thanks so much.

[@AbisDen]

For the fleece fabric I used regular universal size 12 needles. I do not use ‘serger’ or ‘overlocker’ needles because they’re not special. They are just ordinary universal stretch needles and will not work on this fabric.

[@michalabakes9174]

I just bought the same machine in your video, is it normal size cotton or do I buy bigger ones?

[@AbisDen]

You can buy cops which have 1000m or cones which have 5000m.

[@bearender1184]

Which needle is for denim please ? Xx

[@AbisDen]

I tend to go a size up on the overlocker. So I normally use a 90 but I’d use 100 on the overlocker. I hope that’s useful :-)

[@IMOO1896]

You’ve covered settings I’ve not seen mentioned on other channels

[@AbisDen]

For a long time servers have frightened people. Even sales staff. When I started making serger videos to help my students there wasn’t any other available and I’m realising how wide the problem is. Hopefully I’ll get through it all

[@joanwillison9922]

Tighten the needle? I didn’t see you tighten the needle? How?

[@AbisDen]

I'm sorry - Go up in the numbers - the higher the number on the needle tension dial, the tighter the tension x

[@kymclinton3140]

I've been sergeging for years but can I politely ask why you use the foot pedal as a hand pedal or is it just for demonstration only I have two serger one I brought one I won plus I have two sewing machines for the same reason but I use the sergers more than the machines I'm in the UK and I use the moon threads I sew both for myself and to earn myself a small amount of pin money I've just started sewing lycra and other stretch materials I was a bit daunted at first but the first garment I made was from some reduced lycra (yes you may laugh but I have a very large teddy bear almost two foot tall ) he is now sporting a pair of lycra shorts and top and I also I hasten to add I'm sixty two on the 1/10/22 and they look perfect I've since made myself cropped leggings and full length leggings

[@AbisDen]

Haha! Sounds like you're a fun sewer. It's great to let your hair down and you just enjoy sewing, that's brilliant. I demonstrated the foot pedal by hand, just because when I repair machines, I find it easier to have the pedal next to me x Also, congratulations on your many wins, National Lottery next, you could be a winner !

[@kymclinton3140]

@@AbisDen thank you for your reply yes I definitely would love a lottery win my local haberdashery wouldn't have much stock left after I'd been in after a lottery win.. I've just been asked to make eight men's waist coats for the restaurant I live next door to and the owners are my landlords (indian) they want a Christmas themed back and black fronts plus matching ties .. so I've got to pop down tomorrow so we can look online to find the fabrics as they will have to order as I can't order stuff on line plus there can pay from there account and I'll make teddy one out of the left over material