Sewing with Sergers: The Complete Handbook for Overlock Sewing (Serging . . . from Basics to Creative Possibilities series)

This book is wonderful once you are comfortable using your machine (ie. you can thread it and get the stitches to look like they are supposed to). It gives great advise on how to approach many different sewing projects so as to maximize the value of serging over sewing and save you time and hassle as well.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because although it has great diagrams (and plenty of them), I prefer actual photos (in color).


Excellent   January 22, 2002
 21 out of 26 found this review helpful

This book makes even a beginner like myself feel excited and not intimidated to use a serger. Lots of creative idea's easy to use and understand very helpful


Easy to find basic information   June 24, 2000
 40 out of 40 found this review helpful

I checked out all the books on serging at the library after purchasing my four-thread machine. I am a novice and I found this book, while lacking some of the extended detail of others to be very easy to move through and a good reference. I especially liked their section on the order to assemble garments and other tips to speed up serging. It has good, crisp hand-drawn illustrations, and I plan to purchase a copy to keep by my machine.


It's Helpful   May 25, 2000
 22 out of 27 found this review helpful

Something about this book. It's a good little book. However, it goes into machine performance and all of that should be covered in your Serger manual. So to me it was wasted space and information. It had helpful idea's. But I felt like I was reading a dated book. If you can get past the dated looking pictures there is a good amount of information in this book. They touch on serging aerobic, swimwear, lingerie, lace, and other areas also. It's written to were you can understand it. If you are a beginner and just bought a serger this book will be of help. I did refer to it when I was applying elastic for the first time. And have referred to other times also. I do keep it close to my machines.