It has been months since I received my Janome serger. And, as many sewing friends have mentioned, these items often stay tucked away in their box for months, and sometimes years. What is it about these sewing accoutrements that some of us find so intimidating?
Well, the time finally came for me to slice into the packing tape and meet my new sewing friend. I have yet to name her, but we only have spent an hour or two together, so I am going to wait for inspiration on that front.
I did use a serger in college in the theatre costume department, but all I had to do was walk up and press the foot petal to make it go. If any problem occurred, there was always someone to help.
With this machine I am going to have to figure it out for myself. It was necessary to adjust the cutting width right off the bat, which was easily accomplished.
I also adjusted the differential feed for my rayon knit. The quilting cotton went through without any distortion, but the lightweight stretchy stuff needed a bit of help. That was also fairly straight forward.
But then, the lower looper somehow came out of one of its loops, so it was necessary to rethread . . . the dreaded rethread. The instruction booklet was worthless. The numbers and letters referred to have no place in the diagrams referenced, and one arrow appears to be pointing in the wrong direction. So it was necessary to ask the internet for help. The first YouTube video was not very useful for the step I was needing a bit of help with, but the second confirmed that the diagram in the instructions is either incorrect, or I am not reading it properly.
Well, whatever the case may be, I figured it out!
I have yet to rethread the other three spools, but I believe I will tame this beast, yet!
And so far, I am very pleased with my results!
