Reviews by Wirecutter: If you’ve taken up sewing as a hobby and mastered using your beginner sewing machine, chances are good you’ve seen people talking about something called a serger. Maybe you’re wondering whether you should get one, or maybe you’ve had one sitting in a box, taunting you in the way that only an unused hobby purchase can. Maybe you’re too intimidated to learn how to use it.
2 comments:
Surgers are so, so useful. I do not have one that I use in my personal sewing practice (I've just never been able to purchase one) and it definitely makes my life harder. I really want to get to the point where I have the time and space to purchase one because they can genuinely be so indespensible. Not only do they seal the edges of your fabric, they can also help cut off the extra fabric bulk? They are so quick and so multipurpose. However, depending on your fabric, they can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Sometimes when working with fabric that easily frays, they're super useful in preventing further fray while you're working with it. Other times they just make the fray worse because of how many times your needles are punched into the fabric. It can be hit or miss. But personally, I have found they save me a ton of time. When I use one I no longer need to bias bind all my seams to finish them.
I do not have a long knowledge of the history or extent of a sewing machine's capabilities. My limited knowledge makes it hard for me to understand many of the exact reasons that a specific machine is better than the other. The part that interests me is the millions of different features that are built into each sewing machine. It's almost as if each machine is its own multi tool because of the vast amount of things that it can do. When it comes to woodworking materials you need several different tools to achieve your final product. You would never have a saw that can both cut wood and then attach the wood to another piece of wood. You would also never have a drill that could attach two different pieces of wood together in several different ways. You would either need different screws or a different tool in order to change the outcome. Many people will make attachments for different drills in order to expand the tools capabilities but is still writhes in comparison to the sewing machine.
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