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From: kay m
Date: 08-06-2005, 04:30 AM (1 of 6)
| I have a new bernina serger and have read the book of instructions and cannot get a neat rolled hem it comes out loopy can anyone help |
User: kay m
Member since: 08-06-2005 Total posts: 3 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 08-06-2005, 01:04 PM (2 of 6)
What is loopy... Is it the threads are too loose ?? Or is it that the fabric looks like lettuce edging because the fabric stretched while serging?? 
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: kay m
Date: 08-06-2005, 07:39 PM (3 of 6)
| threads too loose and I have them on the settings the manual says tried tightening the tension and it puckers up then. |
User: kay m
Member since: 08-06-2005 Total posts: 3 |
From: Kylnne2
Date: 08-06-2005, 09:27 PM (4 of 6)
| If after tightening loopers and your material is puckering you might want to adjust your differential feed and possibly your foot pressure. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: June Harlow
Date: 08-07-2005, 12:09 AM (5 of 6)
On my Babylock serger I use a two-thread rolled hem, the looper tension needs to be quite tight, so as to force the fabric to roll. The stitch width should be adjusted so that the threads line up side by side, which is quite a short stitch width on my Babylock. Hope this helps on your machine 
June ~
"If only I could find that missing pattern piece!" June sews on a Pfaff 1209 and a Babylock 5180 serger |
User: June Harlow
Member since: 05-30-2005 Total posts: 100 
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From: kay m
Date: 08-07-2005, 08:06 PM (6 of 6)
| Thanks for your help I will try those answers out. |
User: kay m
Member since: 08-06-2005 Total posts: 3 |
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