Scaling Mt. Serger

Prepare yourself for something shocking.

I’ve never used a serger.

Strange, right? Being a cotton maven, knits have always terrified me. And sergers terrify me more. Four threads? Loopers? No bobbin? That’s not real sewing.

Last week in Bernina’s New Owner Training, we spent a day learning how to use a 5-thread serger. So, braced with my sister’s endless (and possibly misplaced) enthusiasm, I pulled one of our new sergers off the shelf and gave it a shot.

And it worked! Bethany and I went crazy. We spent all afternoon cutting up her old t-shirts and sewing them into tank tops, using ideas from the book “Generation T” by Megan Nicolay. I also cut up an old pair of jeans into panels for a flirty skirt with a sweetly scalloped hem and a feisty exposed zipper.

You better believe I laughed maniacally with every single finished project. Mountains seem a lot smaller from the top.