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Serger Secrets: High-Fashion Techniques for Creating Great-Looking Clothes | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mary Griffin, Pam Hastings, Agnes Mercik, Linda Lee Vivian, Barbara Weiland
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1579544649
Dewey Decimal Number: 646
EAN: 9781579544645
ASIN: 1579544649
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Product Description
Serger secrets is the best serger sewing book you'll ever own!
America's top serger experts share the most popular and innovative ideas for making gorgeous garments with a serger.
From pintucking and piping to quilting, shirring, and inserting a zipper-- this book has the step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs sewers need to get the most from their sergers. In Serger Secrets you'll find:
* 500 photos-- one for every step of every technique
* 121 solutions to 39 problems you may have with your serger
* 58 techniques-- all with step-by-step instructions
* Dozens of inspiring photographs of completed garments
* 60 pages of expert advice to help you master your serger
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Nice additional reference book for serging. September 2, 2008
M. Stahle
I would recommend this book for those looking for additional references on the basics of serging that will be used frequently in sewing. The pictures and directions are excellent!
 Great ideas March 16, 2008
S. Magedanz
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm new to serging and wanted to know what kind of tasks my new machine will accomplish. This book fills the bill very well. Although I'm not necessarily going to try to repeat some of the featured projects, they do offer a good selection of ideas and demonstrate how much you can do with your serger. For home sewers used to only a sewing machine, it's an eye-opener.
Absolute beginners will want another book to supplement this one; it doesn't have much to say about set-up and mastering basic stitches.
Well pleased March 1, 2008
lilanne (SC)
I ordered this book because of its description and because I wanted to determine my need for an updated serger machine. Serger Secrets: High-Fashion Techniques for Creating Great-Looking Clothes gives very clear directions, multiple photos of cut pieces, stitching, and the finished product. It uses insert lists for settings and materials, with Fast Fix notes for troubleshooting. I am finding it very helpful in seeing all that I can do with my present serger and hope to purchase a new serger after I've saved more money. The High Fashion techniques show how the professional readywear is made. It was just what I was looking for in this book.
A great reference book February 23, 2008
BarbieSparkle (South Central Illinois)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am fairly new to serging; I had accomplished the basic skills and purchased this book hoping to discover some new techniques and to get step-by-step directions for other techniques I had seen or heard of but wasn't quite sure of how to accomplish them. It wasn't quite what I expected - there aren't too many creative, innovative techniques you won't find elsewhere, but what you will find is very detailed and easy to follow information on basic techniques of garment construction. I was amazed at the ease in which some of the tasks you've traditionally done on the sewing machine can be converted to a serger in techniques that are much faster, less trouble and with really professional results. The writing is clear and concise and very easy to follow and the pictures are remarkable. Although I don't make a lot of clothing projects, I'm sure I'll get a lot of use from this book. For anyone who primarily sews clothing and is learning to serge, this book will be an absolute treasure. There's also good information on some other basics that we all need to know - how the serger works, care and maintenance, thread choices and much more. This is a good book to have on hand and I'm sure I'll refer back to it often.
Great for Novices October 30, 2007
Andrea Phillips (Franklin Township, NJ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book very useful especially since I am a novice at using my serger. I found techniques in it that I didn't know existed. The pictures are very clear. A must have for sewing refernce library.
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