Urge to Serge Dress
After a long, long, loooooong week, all I wanted to do was check out some art on Main Street at First Thursdays on Main! But what would I wear for this hot & humid evening?
This. I shall wear this.
The fit is lousy, and I hate those stupid side-tie thingies! Time to take this dress from dowdy to darling!
First, I lopped off those stupid side ties!
Snip!
Then, I stitched the two ends together.
Like this!
I snipped off that extra little bit of fabric and put my new tie-thingy aside.
Usually I don’t chop off any length until I’ve taken my piece in, but in this case, I just didn’t feel like stitching down the side slits on this dress. Sooooo…I just cut off that part.
Slits!
See ya, slits!
Now for the dress! I decided to take it in exactly 1″ on each side. First I pinned…
Pin!
…and THEN I whipped out THIS AWESOME THING!!!!!
WOWZA!
You’re looking at The Dreamstitcher, and my first serger! As it’s tagline proudly proclaims, “IT’S A DREAM! IT’S A STITCHER! IT’S THE DREAMSTITCHER!”
Life is but a dream!
So what does this crazy thing do, you ask? Let me show ya!
THIS!!!
This amazing machine actually cuts the fabric while locking that raw edge so it won’t fray! No more pinking shears for me!
I look forward to giving you a full review of this machine after I use it a good bit more.
The last thing I needed to do to complete this refashion was give it a new hem! Back to my regular machine I went!
Easy.
After a quick press, my new dress was done! I tied my sewn-together ties around my waist, had hopped down to Main Street!
It matches my shoes perfectly!
There was much cool art to see!
The featured exhibit at Tapp’s Art Center!
Crrrrreeeepy!
And this one will haunt my dreams!
Post-art crawl drinks at Bourbon!
Cheers!
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Tags: Dreamstitcher, serger, Year 5
Hooray for sergers! I have a baby lock and am still afraid to bust it out. There are so. many. threads. The dress is adorable.
Oh I want a serger so bad! And your shoes really do look great with the dress
Might just be my favorite yet!
You look beautiful in this floral tank dress! Very flattering length to accent your legs and shoes!
Wait till you see what you can do with Wolly Nylon thread an your serger (Actually I don’t think they call it Wolly Nylon any more).
Dress turned out very cute, as usual!
You are so amazing and inspiring!! Go serger go!!
You finally got a serger! I’m only a baby sewer, but I inherited a serger and love it. Glad you finally got one! I’ve been waiting for you to discover the awesomeness that is the server.
I bought a used Serger two years ago and I’ve never used it because I’m terrified of the thing! You’ve inspired me to try…try again.
I’ve wondered for a long time why you hadn’t purchased a serger You will love it.
Ooooh nice serger! And cute dress, it really does match nicely 🙂
I’ve always wondered whether the regular machine seams held up as well as serged seams will?
Awesome! I recently purchased a serger as well and I must say I am totally in love. No more pinking shears!
-Rebecca
Idealism never goes out of fashion
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