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Found this one and the presenter is from Brother, so she should know what she is talking about. AND she is talking about your machine, lucky you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I...
The 'D' is for differential feed. Which is a very good thing.
When I bought my overlocker/serger, I threaded it up as per the instruction book colours and serged my way through towels a long skirt (no pattern - who needs one for something with straight sides and is long enough to cover my ankles and wide enough to go round my hips a couple of times?!), and a lot of other things. Just to test it out. Then I went to every overlocker class at every craft show that I visited for the next few years. Learnt a lot and also that I had a very good machine even if it was temperamental about being threaded.
Read your manual on the threading - every machine brand is different, my machine has to be threaded from the right to the left each and every time. But once threaded it is great.
I do single layer baby blankets with round corners for friends and I serg the tops of towels that I am about to crochet the hanging bit on. Makes for a neat edge. Also good for finishing seams in dressmaking. :-)
by barba
16 Dec 2014
Thank you for the link. Looks like I will definitely have a lot of fun and hopefully finish some of my projects quicker and better. So far I have not rethreaded. I did set it up and sew a couple straight seams and they looked so nice and neat. The cutter amazes me. I have never seen one before. I also stitched a seam on some really stretch scrap material that my sewing machine hates and it was perfect. I do feel very lucky. Thanks with hugs, Barba
1941You will love it once you get going on it. I don't have that model I have a Janome but wouldn't be with out it.
Just think of it as a new model car and some of the things are a bit different to your old one.
You would be able to do a rolled hem and mine will gather a frill.
Just remember it only goes forward no reverse and when you cut the threads leave at least 3 to 4 inches at the machine.
As someone else said the threading can be the most frustrating for a lot of people as they must be threaded in the correct order.
If not you will have problems and hate the machine. Mine is a 4 thread and I have to thread in this order 3-4-2-1.
You can make a complete track top on this machine and not use anything else.
Play around with it and have fun.
You are one lucky lady.
by barba
15 Dec 2014
Thank you for all the encouragement. I do not know what a track top is. If it does not reverse, How do you lock the stitches so it does not unravel? It says it does a rolled hem and does gathers on a ruffle somehow. I do feel very luck and blessed. It certainly sounds like a lot of fun. Hugs, Barba
by Patricia109
15 Dec 2014
Barba, I think Babash means a track suit top. There are patterns for sale (or at least there used to be) that are just for making clothes on an overlocker/serger. I have a jacket pattern that I must make up, now that I have found the fabric I bought for that project some years ago.
by barba
16 Dec 2014
Thank you. I will have to search patterns also. It is fun having a new toy! Hugs,Barba
29723I have this serger and it's the best little machine! I found the DVD wasn't all that great when it came to threading it though. ArtistkaeSewing on You Tube has posted a wonderful video, I found it to be very helpful. Maybe you will too. Well.. i can't get the link to post..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5...
You can just Google "threading a 1034 serger" and she comes up first. HTH
by barba
15 Dec 2014
Thank you. I am pleased to hear from someone who has this machine and likes it. It sounds like a lot of fun. Hugs, Barba
5347Had my original Janome serger for 28 years and it finally went to serger heaven...I couldn't live without one...In June this year, got the Baby Lock Evolution...I love it...still don't know all that it does...has 8 threads instead of just 4...scary...but learning all the time...You Tube is a great help...especially if you learn by watching rather than reading...so happy for you! If the dealer that it was purchased from is close...go for your lessons...if not perhaps a local Brother dealer will help you out...
by barba
14 Dec 2014
Thank you. It is an exciting new toy. This has 4 threads. I cannot imagine 8 threads. WOW. I hope you are having fun with your new machine. Hugs, Barba
313833I have had mine for nearly 25 years. Never had it serviced and I would be totally lost without it as I do a lot of dressmaking. You will love it.
by barba
14 Dec 2014
Thank you. Sounds like you really love it. I hope mine lasts like yours. Hugs,Barba
253107What a lovely gift! The important thing is to have some fun with it. So, after you have watched the DVD and read the manual, plan a few simple things first and keep the manual close by the machine. Like the other cuties have said, there are various videos to be found on-line, but, if you are more comfortable reading books for your first few projects, you can find a few helpful ones for sale either new in sewing machine & craft stores or both new and second-hand by searching on-line for them. Good luck.
by barba
14 Dec 2014
I will need the manual right by the machine until I get some courage and experience. I will read the manual completely and try some scraps before I try a real project. Thank you. Hugs, Barba
3568when threading allways remember that the bottom looper is the last to be threaded and goes over the top of the top looper,
So many folk have problems with threading a serger but once its mastered they are easy to use and great fun too
Try not to let it become an expencive door stop, get a good book on how to use it and keep it by the machine and practise, I do all my gathering on the sergersewing fleece has never been so easy and you get professional results every time. Find out all those scraps fabric over
fourinch square and quilt them together on the serger and see just how fast you can do.if its not provided then go on E bay and get a double needle holder to help change the needles.
You can use up all those threads you bought that the sewing machine hates NEVER EVER PUT IT AWAY. But allways keep it handy to use. Turning hems is now a doddle to do. You can make a cushion in less than ten minutes and it looks great with those side seams neat and tidy. The most important thing is to actually use it and have fun with it.
by barba
14 Dec 2014
I do not even know what a looper is. LOL Hopefully the book tells me. I definitely need to watch some videos and do some reading. The crazy quilting sounds like a lot of fun. Thank you. Hugs, Barba
14995I haven't had mine long, but I wouldn't be without it now! I learned a lot from YouTube.
by barba
14 Dec 2014
I will check out youtube. I am excited and a little intimidated try it all at the same time. Thank you. Hugs, Barba
140716Here is a link to a page on Pinterest which has multiple links to serger tutorials. If you are not a pinterest member you will need to join first (free)
by eggyannie
14 Dec 2014
thank you for this link I have just found out how to do a six hour quilt. Roll on the New Year so i can get and use up 6 bannana box's of donated fabric to make some super fast linus quilts useing the serger. sew by day on the machine and stitch the border while watching telly at night.
27028There is a lot of information on You Tube, also Google. All that you need to do is look for videos, there is a lot that can be done with a serger and it is quick sewing !! Good luck and enjoy.
27028I haven't looked up your model but the general use for a serger is to finish fabric edges so they won't ravel. Some models do a lot of stitches that can be very creative and useful.
by queenofhearts
13 Dec 2014
I used a serger for many years while I was employed making custom window treatments. I have my own at home now but I don't use it very much at all. I have never taken the time to see what it can do other than the obvious. I hope you take the time to use yours to its fullest. I just never seem to find the time myself.
462507It's not Christmas put it back...not peeking! LOL
by barba
13 Dec 2014
I know!! It was delivered by UPS and the serger box was not put inside a shipping box so it was very obvious what it was. My dil was not happy as she wanted it to be a big surprise on Christmas. The kids said that since I knew what it was I may as well start learning how to use it. LOL My granddaughters want me to make doll clothes. Hugs, Barba
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