How to Sew a 1/4" Seam on the BabyLock Ovation Serger
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Check out this quick tutorial that shows you how to sew a perfect 1/4" seam when you're sewing with 4-thread and 3-thread wide stitches.
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Wow! Genius!! I didn’t realize..so helpful. I wished I had watched this before I sweated getting a 1/4 inch seam. Brilliant!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for serging along with me!!
So happy I discovered you, and this video is so helpful for managing the smaller seam allowances.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
I just got a baby lock ovation and would love to see as many videos as possible.
Congratulations! ...There are quite a few videos in the playlist! Keep me posted if you have questions I didn't answer. Thanks for fitting along with me
Great information!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching
Your awesome!!! I been wondering about this issue and havent had time to play around with my serger. Thanks!
Thanks so much! and thank you for serging along with me :)
I hope my overlock does this too.
I think most sergers have a 4-Thread Stitch width of approximately 1/4"...Newer models can be 3/8" wide. Thanks for watching
Interesting.
Thank you, and thanks for serging along with me
I recently bought a babylock serger and I found this explanation of the M setting very useful. I didn't notice that the table moves depending on the stitch width.
Congratulations on your Babylock! You'll love it... Keep me posted if you need help with anything specific! Thanks for watching
Great videos ! Finally someone who addresses the details . I was a teacher for over forty years and you do the best job . Keep up the good work .
So sorry I missed your Comment. Thanks for watching
I am trying to learn to use my daughter's new Ovation. She shared this with me and I will be referring back to it I am sure. thank you
So sorry I missed your comment. Thanks for watching!
wish you had a babylock destiny & did manual instructions like this. You are a fabulous instructer
:) If I can get my hands on a destiny... I would do them!
This is exactly what I was looking for! I have a Triumph but the settings and techniques are the same. Thank you so much. You did a great job of instruction.
So sorry I didn't see your comment until now. Happy to Help, and thank you for following along with me
Your tutorials are awesome. Please keep making them. I love my serger and you are making it much easier to utilize it to it's full capacity. Thanks again for your detailed tutorial.
How wonderful you are to answer my give year old message.
So sorry I missed your comment... Happy to help & Thanks for watching!
hope you show the blind hem video on this I love my triumph! Please show more more more thank you!!!
Sorry I didn't see your comment until now. I will add the blind hem to my list of upcoming videos, and thanks for watching~
You are definitely on the right track
So Sorry I missed your comment. Thanks for watching!
Love your videos. You are an excellent teacher, very basic for those beginners but more experienced can learn from your himts
Thanks so much, happy you're watching!
So glad I found this! I have an older Babylock which has almost no videos available but I want to make lingerie which typically has a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Thank you so much. Would love to see you cover topics like panties and serger tips for typical lingerie fabrics.
I'm happy you found me too! Thank you for watching!
Your explanations are always so logical and beautifully, and calmly explained. Love them!
I'm so sorry I missed your comment... Happy to help. Thank you for watching!
Sooooooooo glad that I found you videos.
Thank you - thank you - thank you sooooo much.
I bought my machine about a year ago and have
still not really used it. Now I have your videos
to remind me how to use it. 🌻🌻🌻
This was really helpful! Thanks for doing this series on the Ovaiton.
So Sorry I missed your comment. Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed watching this video. Always finding out more about my serger!
Thanks so much for watching
I have just got my first overlocker, babylock enspire, and have spent the afternoon drawing lines on fabric and trying to work out how to use it….this really helps! Thank you…I’m just about to look at your other videos to find some more help on using an overlocker for the first time…oh, and I’ve subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing! There's also a lot of good info in my Bernina L460 series of videos... some are specific to the brand, but some tutorials are helpful no matter which brand you have! Here's a link to this playlist ua-cam.com/play/PLseQVksFDkNuRFUstETP_z8n1Oi7kAkWc.html
Great job! You were very clear!
I'm so sorry I missed your comment... Thank you for watching!
I would love a video on the decorative stitches this baby will do! I have the ovation but have only done 3 &4 thread overlock, belt loops, safety stitches but haven't gotten into the decorative stitches, by the way I love this machine, I had the imagine and this one is by far the greatest serger on the market!
So sorry I missed your comment... Check the videos in this playlist for more techniques~ ua-cam.com/play/PLseQVksFDkNtc_qEc_eCTMMUQ8h7qEI8xThank.html you for watching!
Excellent video. You're a great teacher - am learning a lot from your videos. Thank you!
:) Thank you ...and thanks for watching!!
Hey thanks! Even though I don't have that exact machine it helps me understand the adjustments.
Sorry I didn't see your comment until now. Happy to help, and thanks for watching~
Very helpful. Easy to follow. Great explanations!
So Sorry I missed your comment. Thanks for watching!
This is genius. Thank you
Thank you for serging along with me! Sorry for the delayed response
Great video! Thank you!!!
So sorry I missed your comment.... Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much for your very informative video
I'm so sorry I missed your comment... Happy to help. Thank you for watching!
You are awesome! I really needed this video, thanks for posting!
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Very informational! Good information!
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I just found your site, thanks! I appreciate your explanation and the camera too, it really helps!
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Great as usual
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So glad I found your videos....full of excellent tips. I have not run through all of the manual videos, so I don't know if you have addressed this topic in them.....but I would like tips on using the presser foot pressure dial - I'm sure I'll have more in the future
I'm so happy you found my videos too :) I will put the pressure dial for the presser foot on my short list!
You are such a great teacher! Clear, concise and organized. Started looking because I wondered if I wanted to trade up my Imagine. Got caught up because it was such a good review. Between you and a lot of recent practice I am no longer terrified of my serger. I like a lot of the differences between the Ovation and the Imagine. Besides the Coverstitch I was interested in the different speeds would have been much appreciated when I first started serging . I am putting the Ovation on my Christmas list.
Thank you... and thank you for watching! I did the same thing, the Imagine is an amazing machine... but I wanted the Coverstitches and more space on the right side of the needles. Plus, my favorite thing is that the presser foot lifter is right in front of the Ovation... right where I can see it :)
I have the Evolve Serger, I was told that the threading is real close to the same settings as you are showing. Is the correct ?
I have an embroidery question for you also.
What stabilizer do you use for doing free standing lace?
On the pillowcase question from before do you trim off any of the fabric before you sew for the last time? 😃 😃 😃 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND I ALWAYS WATCH YOUR VIDEOS, THEY ARE VERY INFORMATIVE TO ME!
Hi Cheryl... Yes, the threading is similar... I use Super Solvy (from Sulky) to do free standing lace (Any heavy duty wash away stabilizer will work... I think Floriani has a good one too) And, I'm not sure about the pillowcase question... can you remind me? Thanks so much for watching... I'm happy to hear you like them!
Thank you for your WONDERFUL videos. I just bought a Baby Lock Triumph which I think is very similar to the Ovation you are teaching. I've already learned a lot
just from your videos. I do have a question. I've owned another serger for 30 plus years so this question is for all sergers. Is there a generic seam guide that can be attached to the throat plate to use as a guide to keep the fabric straight while feeding into the needles and blade? Like on a sewing machine - they make magnetic seam guides and acrylic guides and even cardboard guides. I've always thought surely someone has come up with something. I've never even tried to make a homemade guide...but I've never been able to get a perfectly sraight line. Thanks again for the videos. Don't stop!
So sorry I missed your comment... Baby Lock makes a seam guide for the machine. I don't own one personally, but I've heard very good things about them Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. I just bought the Victory and want to be able to use it to sew 1/4" seams. I wasn't sure if that was possible. Your video was so helpful.
Sheryl DeMott so happy I could help! Thanks for watching
Such great information Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Very helpful, thank you!
So Sorry I missed your comment. Thanks for watching!
I appreciate your videos. I'm trying to talk myself into buying the Ovation or Evolution. I have an Imagine now.
So Sorry I missed your comment. Did you ever get an Ovation Serger? Thanks for watching!
I need help with curves and corners, inside and outside! Can you please make a video that can help me?
So sorry I didn't see your comment until now. I will add these topics to my list of upcoming tutorials. Thank you for following along with me
Love the perfect tutorial. I bought myself a Baby lock Imagine last yr for Mothers day. i am doing a grocery bag and want to serger the flap that gets turned down inside.. would that be a blind hem.
Hi Sandra, Thank you for the kind words. Technically you could do a blind hem along the edge of the flap. Stitches will show along the right side of the fabric. Here's a link to the blind hem foot tutorial. I would probably use a three-thread wide to finish the edge and then turn it under and topstitch it in place. Let me know if this helps and thanks for watching :)
Thank you for your excellent videos! Have you done a video of the cover stitch sewing over seams while hemming?I am finding it difficult. Thank you!
I will add this to my list of "To Do" videos :)
I would love to see that one also. Thanks
ON THE BURITTO PILLOWCASE
WHEN YOU SERGE THE FIRST SEAM WHICH SERGER SETTING WOULD YOU USE?😊😊😊😊
I use a 4-Thread Stitch with the Stitch Width set at 5.0. This gives me a 1/4" seam allowance. :) Thank you for sewing along with me
Thanks for these they are very informative. I have the Evolution and need all the help I can get. My question is I'm sewing a pair if pull on pants in a slightly stretch velvet pile fabric.
1 what needles should I use, fir thus as normally one would use a gall needle with knitted fabric on a sewing machine.
2 can i use a three stitch it should it be 4
3 any other tips you can give me please.
Thank you! ... I would use size 14 stretch needles + a 4-Thread Stitch + check your differential feed setting to make sure you compensate for the stretch in the velvet. Start with Differential Feed on N... if the seam lays flat, you're good. If it's stretched out, adjust the DF a little high than N and try again... keep making small adjustments until the seam lays flat. Hope that helps!
Please show me how to do the blanket stitch. Thanks
So sorry I missed your Comment. I'm putting this topic on my short list of upcoming video tutorials! Thanks for watching
how to you adjust to serge a 1/4" seam on a knit, like French Terry?
When I'm sewing knits, I don't cut anything off the edge... just skim along to cut the little pokey threads. The width of the 4-Thread Stitch on the Ovation can be adjusted from 3/8' to 1/4" depending on how close the knife is to the needles.. Set at 7-7.5 you will get a 3/8" wide stitch... if you bring the knife closer, it will reduce the amount of fabric between the needles and the cut edge, making the stitch slightly less wide ...to a 1/4" Hope this helps, thanks for serging along with me
The sewing machine or serger which one do you prefer to make French Seams for pillowcases? 😃 😃 😃
Cheryl Grider I like to use the sewing machine to do French Seams
For making a french seam on a pillowcase. When you do the body of the pillowcase do you trim the 1/4" seam before you do the second 1/4" seam?
So sorry I missed your question earlier! If you sew the first seam with a 1/4" wide 4-Thread stitch, there is no need to trim it. Press the fabric to encase the serged seam and stitch the second seam on your sewing machine.
my problem is making a neck with ribbing. like a neck of a $9 t-shirt.
I'm so sorry for the delayed response! You can buy rib knit fabric... Cut it into a 2" wide strip that's similar in length to the neckline. Then fold it in half so the raw edges are together and the right side of the rib knit is face out. Stretch the knit strip around the neckline edge aligning the raw edges. As you gently stretch the knit strip, it will become shorter than the neckline. I would try doing this three times to determine how long to cut your ribbing strip. Then sew it into a circle. Match the seam in the rib knit strip with the shoulder seam. Pin the strip around the neckline evenly distributing the ease in the neckline. (It helps to find the quarters of the ribbing and the neckline to distribute the ease evenly.) Then sew the ribbing to the neckline. Gently stretch the rib knit to match the length of the neckline... try not to stretch the neckline. When you're finished sewing, press the rib knit up and topstitch below the seam, through the tee and seam allowances to secure the rib knit up.
When using the 3-thread narrow, can you lower the knife out of the way so the fabric is not cut?
Hi Jeff... Yes, you can lower the blade. I like to keep mine up so it skims the edge, trimming off loose threads
I want to know if you trim off any of the fabric on the seam before the last one to the French Seam?
Cheryl Grider that’s a good question... usually I trim to an 1/8” to be sure the allowance is completely encased
Can all these videos or most can be applied to my evolve ? My server is great and I love it I have the wave stitch and the chained and cover..thank you
Sorry I missed your comment... Yes, you can apply most of these videos to your Evolve Thanks for watching
Hi Jen :) Hope all is well. How would I get a 1/4" seam while using a 3 thread narrow if I don't want to trim off any fabric? Making doll clothes with a pattern that calls for 1/4" seams. Thanks 😊
Hi Dorothy, The 3-Thread Narrow stitch is not 1/4" wide... If you adjust the cutting width so the blade is farther from the needle, it may widen the stitch to a 1/4"... or it may add too much fabric under the looper threads. Is there a reason why you don't want to use the 4-Thread Stitch... I'm also so sorry for the delayed response!
:) Thanks Ladies
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A pattern I’m working has a 5/8” seam. I have an ovation but kind of a newbie. Can you help me out I am using a 3 thread overlock wide. I have not sewn on the top yet😬 so just doing samples. Is there an easier way like you showed with the 1/4”?
It sounds like you're working on a woven fabric top (most knit tops have a 1/4" seam allowance.)... If it is woven, I would sew the seam on the sewing machine, then clean finish the edges on the serger using a 3-Thread Narrow Stitch. If you want to sew an accurate 5/8" on your serger, there is a sticker with a few little dashes on it stuck to the knife cover (next to the knife)... Align the raw edges of the fabric with the dash that has the L over it... That will give you an accurate 5/8" when you're using the Left Needle (3-Thread Wide). If you're using just the right needle... Align the fabric with the dash that has the R over it. You can adjust the allowance by 1/8" in either direction by going to the next dash. Also, I know that Baby Lock has an excellent seam guide attachment that screws into the table attachment... Worth checking out if you do a lot of seaming that needs to be exact! Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
Your tutorial was helpful...I just bought a used Babylock Imagine, my first serger! My question is, how do you sew a 1/2" seam using 4 threads? I am brand new not only to the world of serging, but sewing with knits as well. I want to understand how to line the material up so that I will get an accurate 1/2" seam allowance since the knife will cut material off so that the garment I am making will fit correctly. Am I to line up a measurement with the right needle? the left? Help would be appreciated! TIA
Sorry I missed your comment... There is a sticker on the knife cover next to the blade that has lines on them If you line up the raw edge of the fabric with the L line it will give you a 5/8" seam allowance when the left needle is in... and the R will give you a 5/8" seam allowance when you are using just the right needle. Thanks for watching!
I’m a quilter. Is it possible to set the machine for the “scant” ¼” seam we strive for?
Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier... Set your stitch width to 5.5, this will give you a 1/4".. Try a sample and measure it to see if its on the scant side of things... Thanks for watching
thank you and I learn something from you. May I ask you a question. Is it better to do this when you sew material together to make a quilt? I am trying to find the right way to do it. I want something to hold it better than straight stitches.
Hi Trenton, I do know quilters who use the serger to piece their quilts... I think it may hold up better if you are going to repeatedly wash the finished quilt. ...But keep in mind that the serged edge may show through if you're using light colored fabrics.
Would I use the three thread narrow in needle 2 for quilting? Which way would be best for quilting? Or would the four thread be better? Thank you for your help.
If I use my serger to construct a quilt, I use the 4-thread stitch
Hi .I loved your tutorials. I have bought Babylock Evolution a month back and was desparately searching for
Operation manual video for the same. And I found you with the Ovation serger. I guess the operation and setting up of machine is almost same for both the models. Your video helped me a lot. I have followed your tutorials up to page 19. I have a stupid question here to ask? I get confused between 2 thread stitch, 4 thread combination stitch and so on ... can you please advise me on that and coiuld you forward me a link related to this to know the basics of the machine as I don’t have anything written on the plate where the thread spools are to know which thread goes to U/L/c . Also I don’t have any letters written to turn the knob on N position. Bother these places are black on my machine .I have bought Babylock Evolution Japanese model. I would appreciate if you could help me. Thanks andl love you for your elaborative videos.
Regards Varsha.
Hi... Sorry for the delayed response, Here is a link to the entire Baby Lock Ovation Serger Manual Play List, There is an overview of all the parts and pieces and set up. Hope this helps. ua-cam.com/play/PLseQVksFDkNtc_qEc_eCTMMUQ8h7qEI8x.html
Do you think these instructions will also work for the Evolution Thank you
Hi Lori, Yes the instructions would be the same for the Evolution :)
Just started watching & like. I have the Evolve but seems about the same. I'm trying to do a cover stitch for a knit shirt hem. ( shortening my shirts) My top stitch looks fine but I can't seem to get bottom stitch right. I've tried adjusting which has helped but it will sew few stitches then the edge goes wacky.. Any suggestions. Thanks Carolyn
Hi Carolyn ...can you send me a photo of the front and back of the stitch so I can see what's going on? My email is jenniferstern1@cox.net. Thanks Jen
I have the ovation and would like to know if the clear foot and the narrow foot work both on coverstitch and overclock.
Thanks
These two feet do work with both cover stitches and overlock stitches... The narrow foot is especially helpful when you're going around curves. Thank you for serging along with me, Sorry for the delayed response
How do you get an accurate 5/8" seam when making a garment like a top.
Hi Vicky... That's a great question... I'm putting it on my list of video topics, stay tuned. (I want to play with the 5-Thread Stitch first :)
J Stern Designs I would love to see this as well! Great job on your videos!
Me to!
Great video! Im just learning to use my Ovation and this was so helpful!
Thanks so much... Keep me posted if you have specific questions. I am going to be doing how to sew the 5-Thread stitch with accurate seam allowance next week!