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From: Lil_Missy
Date: 09-18-2004, 02:32 PM (1 of 5)
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Hi there I am new to sewing and have come across this thread about sergers. Can someone please clarify is a serger the same as an overlocker. I am in the UK and from what I can tell it seems to be the same but I could be wrong. Thanks Toni |
User: Lil_Missy
Member since: 09-18-2004 Total posts: 1 |
From: MaryW
Date: 09-18-2004, 02:38 PM (2 of 5)
Hi Lil Missy, welcome to Sew Whats New.  Yes, a serger is the same as an overlocker. MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: sewcr8v
Date: 09-20-2004, 01:46 AM (3 of 5)
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they are actually overlock machines but have come to be called sergers. Sergers are defined I think it was by how many threads they have, something like 8 and up are called sergers, less than that are overlockers. Something like that, I forget now - I'll have to look that up again.
Sewcr8v
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User: sewcr8v
Member since: 09-05-2004 Total posts: 30 
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From: Kylnne2
Date: 09-22-2004, 05:49 AM (4 of 5)
| I thought all sergers were called overlockers because they do overlock stitches. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: weezie
Date: 09-29-2004, 09:37 PM (5 of 5)
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Hi Toni, Once more it's a case of the Queen's english against American's english.There are several things that we call by different names but are the same things.First time I came across this was years ago when I was able to go to an International Girl Scout Meet as a teenager.One of the British girls wanted some biscuits as an evening snack,took us American girls some time to find that she wanted some cookies. We sort of do speak the same language...lol Weezie weezie
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User: weezie
Member since: 01-01-2002 Total posts: 34 |
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