Learn to master serger basics with the help of this DVD based on the book Sewing with Sergers.  Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you:

• Close-ups of how a serger works
• Serger features
• Threading tips
• How to balance tensions
• 5-stitch types and their uses
• How to serge a seam
• Turning inside and outside corners
• Sewing in a circle
• Securing seams
• Practicing techniques on side seam pockets, easy slit sleeve placket and serging placemats
• Gathering on a serger
• Easy ripping
• A completely serged top
• The sewing order and secret tips to assure a perfect top
• PLUS: Serger Fashions!!!

A variety of sergers are used to make this video "generic".

Part II

Learn practical reasons for using your serger on garments with the help of this DVD based on the book Sewing with Sergers.  In it Marta Alto and Pati Palmer will show you:

• Easy serged details:
  -An easy Peter Pan Collar
  -An easy Convertible collar
  -Fast French Binding for a neckline
  -Serger Spaghetti straps and loops
  -"Painless" placket and cuff
  -Easy full skirt hems
• Serging elastic for lingerie and swimwear
• How to master the rolled Edge
  -Tension adjustments
  -Solutions to problems
• Lettuce rolled edge
• Rolled edging around corners for napkins
• Flat-locking
  -Tensions adjustments
  -2 and 3 thread flat-locking
• Flat-locking hems
• Crossing flat-locked seams
• Love and care of your serger
• PLUS: Serger Fashions!!!