working on the CBLD

[robinsnest]

I pulled out the crazy bird lady dress intending to finish it for my Birthday this september. Remember this one? that I started over a year ago?



Well I remember why I stopped on it. I was planning to finish all these ruffles by doing rolled hems on my serger. and they cruise along looking great and then suddenly it'll just start shredding off the edge. The roll of thread just pulls straight off the edge. I cannot figure out why it does it every yard or so. And then I have to go over it and THAT pulls off and eventually it just looks lumpy and horrible from all my starts and stops. I've adjusted tension, feed differential, stitch length, width of the cutter, and I just can't figure out what's causing it!

Any ideas?

Does anyone used a roll hem foot for the sewing machine? is that relatively easy? because if I cannot figure out doing nice hems there's no way I'm hand hemming all those ruffles. I'm nuts but I'm not Katherine C-G nuts. 

Comments

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I kinda just roll everything by hand as I'm going along on the sewing machine. It seems to work okay. I don't have a serger so I'm not help with that.

[grace-lee-19c.livejournal.com]

I have and use a rolled hem foot fairly frequently.  It doesn't move as quickly as my serger's rolled hem, but it's a damn sight faster than hand hemming.  It's somewhat fiddly to get started, but fairly easy on a straight length of fabric once you do.  It's a hot mess on curves, though, if you're not SUPER careful.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Sergers mystify me. I hope you get it figured out!

[rose-bertin.livejournal.com]

I just hand roll as I'm sewing with the machine and so far everything has turned out great.