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From: bridesmom
Date: 05-19-2005, 08:27 PM (1 of 11)
I am really having a bad time trying to get my wooly thread to do a rolled hem. I have had the machine about 6 months now and can do a great rolled hem with regular thread. I have put the woolly into the upper looper, regular thread in the lower looper and right needle, loosened the tension on the upper, tightened the lower which is what the instructor showed me how to do and the lower thread is the one that shows when I sew, you can barely see the upper thread. I tried all different tensions, it would start out ok for the first inch or so then go all haywire. What am I doing wrong??? I am SSSOOOOO frustrated! 
Laura
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User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 05-20-2005, 07:20 PM (2 of 11)
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Play with the tension controls til you get the look you want, and then write it down.. I kept notes on mine for the longest time..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: sewingnonie
Date: 05-21-2005, 02:23 PM (3 of 11)
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I always use wooley nylon in the loopers and the needle. That is the way I was taught to do it. It makes beautiful rolled hems. Also I would write down all your setting when you get it the way you want it,so you always know what you did. Nonie |
User: sewingnonie
Member since: 09-23-2004 Total posts: 175 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 05-22-2005, 11:20 PM (4 of 11)
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Maybe I need to try the wooly in both loopers like you suggested Nan. I also was trying to do the rolled hem on terry cloth which may have added to the problem. I will get up the courage to try it again, it just feels like I'm wasting so much wooly trying to get the stuff to work right and its not cheap stuff. Maybe I should see if the m-i-l has some old wooly I can play with. Do you find different woolys have different tensions?? I have plain colored ones and ones that have four different colors in them, have no idea of any brand names though!
Laura
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User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: grandmasue
Date: 05-24-2005, 11:59 AM (5 of 11)
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I don't have a solution to the wooly issue but a story to share. I have an older serger. There was absolutely NOTHING I could do to the settings to get that machine to sew this kind of thread. I now also own a new serger and it will sew that same thread no matter how I seem to thread it on the machine. It may not be the sewer, just the machine.
Grandma Sue
------------ At the end I am not showing up at my grave all pretty and well preserved...I am coming in sliding, yelling "What a ride!" |
User: grandmasue
Member since: 10-26-2004 Total posts: 138 
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From: bridesmom
Date: 05-24-2005, 01:15 PM (6 of 11)
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Grandma Sue, I know its the sewer, its a new machine that has worked perfectly until the sewer decided to try woolly thread!! Everythin elseg, its fantastic, but thanks for the boost of confidence!!
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 05-24-2005, 05:49 PM (7 of 11)
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I use wooly nylon in my Singer serger for all my table linens, baby blankets, etc. I have found that because the wooly nylon is stretchy, I have to put it on a separate spool holder down behind my machine, use a thread net on the cone and set the tenion a little higher for the looper through which the wooly nylon is run. Also, make sure you pull the wooly nylon down into the tension disk through which it is threaded or it won't stay in. My Singer serger makes a gorgeous rolled hem on everything i've done it on; however, I've never tried terry cloth. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 05-25-2005, 11:47 AM (8 of 11)
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This is my 2 cents worth.. Why in the world would you want a bulky rolled hem on terry cloth.. Why not just serge the edges in a regular serging stitch.. Would be much neater , and not all that bulk to contend with.. Use small stitch length and get the wooly nylon coverage you would like. (to look close together like a rolled hem)
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022
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From: bridesmom
Date: 05-27-2005, 05:20 PM (9 of 11)
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Well Libby, I began to wonder why I was doing it too! I was making washcloths for baby and finally ended up trying the regular serge stitch with wooly thread which didn't work worth a hoot either. I think I need to go take another class.
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: vmorris828
Date: 05-29-2005, 11:04 AM (10 of 11)
| Hi, I was wondering if you can used other threads other than wolly thread to fill in the stitch? I need baby color thread that is verigated to do fleece & flannel blankets. Valerie |
User: vmorris828
Member since: 11-25-2000 Total posts: 41 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 05-29-2005, 08:56 PM (11 of 11)
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I have seen woolly thread in some really nice varigated baby colors, and have also used embroidery thread used for embroidery machines in my serger as well as regular sewing thread.
Laura
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User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
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