Mallory and Zede both like to think outside of the box. It’s no surprise that they have figured out how to make their serger feet pull double duty.
Does your standard or original presser foot that came on your serger have a little opening in front of the needle space? If it does, you’re in luck! This little open slit at the edge of the toe is for ribbon, small elastics, and whatever else you can think to fit in there. The opening allows the elastic or ribbon to go under the foot and feed nicely for the needles to catch but does not allow the knife to contact it. Genius, right? We think so. This is Mallory’s favorite way to insert elastic for underwear, leotards, and swimsuits.
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Another serger foot hack, so to speak, is using the elastic foot for inserting fishing line into the serged edge. Zede says she uses the small hole on the elastic foot that is conveniently located on the edge of the foot, close to the blade to make fun, whispy fishing line hems. The fishing line is caught in the tunnel of thread made with a rolled edge, not a rolled hem as Mallory states. Mallory also adds that it’s important that this is inserted on bias cut fabric. Zede agrees and reminds us that a bias is anything cut off grain, so a circle skirt or any curved dress hem will be just fine, no need for a true bias cut.
The fishing line hem can then be pulled a little, creating big curls of fabric. The fabric, since it’s on the bias will stretch enough to allow this to happen and keep the fishing wire covered.
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