Most excellent tip!!!! I am binging your tips this afternoon and have subscribed to your channel. I'll be buying your book too. I really appreciate your videos....I can see why you received the teacher award you mentioned in one of your earlier videos. Very good explanations. Thank you!!

What a fantastic hem idea! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Great video and reminder tip. Appreciate your efforts.

I would definitely make a sample with the chiffon scrap fabric. If the fabric scorches or melts, it's a big problem. Silk chiffon can tolerate higher heat than polyester, but you don't want any "disasters" that can't be fixed. Adjust your stitch length to approx. 3.0 ( test this also). The longer the stitch the less dense the adhesive will be keeping the hem more flexible. Try using a lightweight press cloth also. Let me know your results. Thanks for watching and happy Serging!

Another wonderfully informative video! I’m going to buy fusible thread from now on.

I just got a serger and your videos are an absolute godsend. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

That looks wonderful!

Done this many times, love how it saves times.

Yes definitely use a press cloth! Thanks for watching and happy Serging!

Clever tip Gail! Thanks again. :D

Gail I just did this and it worked beautifully! So well I'm going to share your video in our FB group :)

Hi Janice, my book has loads of tips and techniques but it doesn't include all of the Tip Clips. I still think you'll find lots of other valuable info that isn't in any Tip clips. Thanks for watching and happy Serging!

Any foot with a guide (or flange) that helps you get straight, even stitching is fine. Lots of specialty feet will do multi-purpose functions. I us e a press cloth to prevent adhesive from messing up my iron. If you can purchase a half yard of silk organza you won’t be sorry. You can make several press cloths that you can see through perfectly. Silk will withstand high heat too.let me know if you need more help and thanks for watching Serger Tip Clips!

Thank you for sharing & explaining the use of the fusible thread. I think I will use it in my serger on knits for armholes & neckline and hems where I will use then my my coverstitch machine & not have to pin!!!! Do you recommend covering with cloth to prevent iron from getting messed up?

Hi Gail. I just found your KZfaq channel and im so glad. I first watched your classes on Craftsy. I fell in love with you, your techniques and your teaching style. I just have a little question. You are saying that the the hem won't withstand laundering. That's understandable. Fusible might get undone. The thing that bugs me is if i plan on washing the garment, could fusible thread get undone and unravel the regular overlock thread that was used for the stitch in pair with fusible thread? If so, then we would get loops and undone hem edge on the wrong side. Please tell me if I am wrong. And thank you so much for your wonderful videos.

Thanks. I will set my Babylock up per the chart.

Does your book have your serger tips included in it? Just wondering. Thanks Janice

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Great tip. Thanks. But I am confused about “engage your stitch finger” . Does it mean regular settings?

The edge-stitching presser foot that you are using on your sewing machine actually looks like a stitch-in-the- ditch foot. Is that correct? If not can I use a stitch-in-the- ditch foot to accomplish the same? Also, I read in one of your comments that we should use a pressing cloth. I’m afraid to use a pressing cloth because I will not be able to see the fabric well enough to turn up a scant narrow hem under it. Any suggestions?

Could I use a zig-zag stitch on a regular sewing machine to achieve the same result?

Can this method with the fusible thread be used on chiffon? I am not sure if the heat required for the fusible might not be too high for the chiffon fabric? Has anyone tried this?

Gail, at the end of the video you said that the double layer adds weight to the hem and allows it to hang nicely. It looks to me like you folded the hem once, pressed it so the fusible thread would adhere, then topstitched. Did you fold it another time to achieve a double layer or just the one time that you showed in the demonstration? I just want to make sure I understand.