Learn Serger Sewing Class DVD: With Instructor Deborah Cacciamani

If you are ready to make the leap from a sewing machine to a serger, you have come to the right place. This fun video serves as the perfect introduction to your serger's unique functions. A serger can join, wrap and trim your seams in one fast and easy step, and as if that weren't enough, it can also finish your projects with ruched layers or rolled hems. Sewing with a serger adds a professional polish that is not achievable when sewing with a basic sewing machine. For most, the first step in serging presents the biggest stumbling blockthreading. But with Deborah Cacciamani as your guide, you will go up, over and through needles and loopers in no time at all. Then she will show you how to change out thread, and how to fix breaks and snags. And once you master proper threading, it will be all downhill from there. You can then proceed with serging and experience fun around every thread-wrapped corner. In this video class, you ll learn how to:: . Easily thread your serger. . Choose the right tools and supplies for serging. . Select the perfect needles and fabric. . Adjust tension, seam length and seam width. . Make basic stitches including 4-thread overlock, 3-thread overlock, flatlock stitch and rolled hem. . Serge with decorative thread. . Care for and maintain your serger. As a bonus, complete step-by-step instructions for a 4-piece tablescape including a napkin, napkin ring, place mat and table runner are included in this class."

About the Author :
Deborah Cacciamani brings a lifetime of sewing experience to the table. As a child, she learned classic techniques from her mother, who taught that a project had to be perfect or be remade. By the time that Deborah graduated from college, she had become an expert craftswoman, and she used her paycheck from her first job to buy a brand-new sewing machine. A few years later, she bought a quilt shop and became a local teacher. Her talent was recognized by Bernina, and she was hired to teach the teachers. As a Bernina representative, she demonstrates how to sew, serge, quilt and embroider, and she inspires her students to try their hand at innovative techniques. And now she is able to reach her widest audience ever by way of this engaging Annie s video. When it comes to personal sewing, I particularly enjoy adding custom touches. I add embroidery, decorative stitching, couching, piping or quilting. (I could go on and on with this list of mine.) After a lifetime of creating, I believe that there is more to life than a straight stitch. "