The Imaginative Seamstress

Ever since I saw cover stitching, I've wanted to do it. Even the cover of my serger manual shows cover stitching. **But I can't figure out how to do it with that machine. I suspect you need a completely different plate to sew on. Which means you'd have to convert from serging, to cover stitching, and back again..whenever you needed to! I'd definitely rather have separate machines! What I can't believe is that my manual doesn't tell you how to do it! Grr!** Anyway, this story has to do with an actual cover stitch machine.  I'd seen them online and researched them a little. I figured I'd get one someday and it would probably cost $300.00 used. I was basing that theory off of what a used serger might cost. Fast forward months, maybe over a year... I was sitting in  my parent's dining room, visiting with my mother, and my Grandparents who are from out of state, when my eye caught sight of something that was sitting in an open box, in the corner of the ...

Its been too long since I've posted anything! Not that I didn't have things to post, I've just been super busy! I had more stuff ordered in November than I did in June or July! November didn't top April or May, but was still my busiest November yet. Of course I had my shop closed down in the Fall/Winter these past 2 years. In 2012 I closed so I could sew for my sister's wedding, and in 2013 I was so burnt out by the multitude of orders that hit in the Spring that I needed a physical and mental break, so I closed, went on vacation, and prepared for the new baby coming. That was the rest of 2013. I opened for orders again this Spring and haven't closed yet. So these November and December orders are just about coming to an end for me. Shipping out the rest of *before Christmas orders* today. Then I can focus on Christmas sewing for me. Yay!   I'm working on this for my little Sister in Law It will look like this when finished:  ...