Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse

Under My Needle

Got some new fabric in that I wanted to use for zipper and drawstring bag patterns.  Here's the first bag from under my needle with two of the new fabrics.  Check out the print of the fabric.  It's like reading a sewing newspaper!  

This bag was all done on the serger...zipper too!!  I am working on the pattern now.  Just need to finish up a few illustrations/pictures to make assembling easier.  There will be a kit available for this pattern so be sure to watch for it!.  I will probably do the same pattern for the sewing machine as well.

 Keep sewing, 

loreen

 

April is National Serger Month!

I don't know about you but I love using my serger.  There's so much you can do with a serger besides just finish off seams!  From baby blankets to baby bonnets, from zippered bags to jackets,  even quilt blocks and quilts, using my serger makes all of these projects fast and easy plus all the seams have a beautiful finished edge.  Why not dust off your serger and try a new project?   I found this quick project at Baby Lock's National Serger Month website.  

About three years ago, Baby Lock designated April as National Serger Month which makes sense since Baby Lock is the company that brought the first serger to the United States market.   Check out Baby Lock's National Serger Month website where you'll find lots of patterns and information about sergers.  Click here and check out the serger projects and information about sergers!

Did you guess that I own a Baby Lock serger?  With no tensions to adjust and no fighting to manual thread the upper and lower loopers, I can really enjoy using my serger! Give this cute Snack Bag project a try-- with some scraps of fabric and a few seams, you might enjoy your serger too!

Happy serging,
loreen

Flying Geese on the Serger!

Dusted off my serger a few weeks back and worked on some sample blocks.
 This is the Flying Geese block and it was all done on the serger!  The blocks end up as 3D since there are folds in the fabric.  I thought that was pretty cool.  You can see a single block at the bottom left side of the picture. Just have to bind it which I can do on the serger as well.  For now I have to leave it as is so that my students can see the construction during the class.  I think it took longer to cut out the pieces than it did to put it all together.  Lots of fun!

I'll be doing a video tutorial on this serged block over the next few weeks so if you're interested in that, click on my Youtube Channel over on the right to subscribe.  You'll get notification when I upload the video.

Happy sewing (or serging!)
loreen