Household or Industrial: When Do I Need to Upgrade

Household or Industrial: When Do I Need to Upgrade?

Which Serger to Buy

Sergers represent sewing professionalism, creating neatly edged, ready-to-wear clothing. Selecting the proper serger is determined by a user profile. How often will the machine be used, and for what purposes? The weekend sewer who creates a few garments and would like a finished, professional look needs a basic household serger. A few serger machines sew and encase the seam, but do not trim the edges.

What are you driving?

A household serger machine usually sews 800 to 1300 stitches per minute. They have a variety of stitches, while industrial sergers concentrate on one stitch type and reach speeds of up to 9500 stitches per minute.

Industrial serger machines are set for edging, hemming, and seaming any type of fabric as well as leather and vinyl. The garment industry also uses professional sergers capable of features like blind stitching (creating a single thread chain stitch with a single bended needle) on cuffs and hems of formal wear and suits, and rolled-hem finishing on delicate silk or lingerie pieces.

Examine your needs and do not let price be your decision maker. The trip you are taking requires a machine that effortlessly gets you to your destination. Compare it to an automobile: a Yugo might get you there; a Chevy is a dependable ride; but a Cadillac delivers you in style.

When to move on

If you started with a basic serger machine but it is now limiting your abilities and you are frustrated with the quality of your work, you have outgrown your machine. Automation has made threading easier and machines automatically adjust to the fabric and thread being used. One-step controls, increased speeds, and added attachments are among features that have simplified and fine-tuned today's sergers. Upgrade. You will find the newer serger models more user-friendly than the old.