MASTERING YOUR BERNINA
®
1/04/02 700D/800DL/25
BERNINA
®
700D/800DL
MASTERING
YOUR
BERNINA
®
SERGER PIECING
Fabric: 3 strips of medium weight cotton fabric cut 1¾” x 4”
3 strips of contrasting medium weight cotton cut 1¾” x 4”
Needle: 80/12 Universal, Sharp, or Microtex
Thread: 4 cones of serger thread
Presser Foot: Standard
• Owner’s manual pg.___
• Thread the serger for a 4-thread overlock stitch.
• Set all thread tension levers between 3-5 (normal).
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There will be two (2) strip sets sewn, each with three (3) strips of fabric. Strip set 1 is light,
dark, and light and strip set 2 is dark, light, and dark. With right sides together, serge the
fabric strips together into strip sets without trimming any fabric.
• Press the seam allowances toward the dark fabric strips.
• Using a rotary cutter, mat and ruler, cut the strip sets into 1¾” block sets.
• Use 1 block set from the light/dark/light strip set and 2 block sets from the dark/light/dark
strip set. Discard the excess fabric.
• Serge 1 dark/light/dark strip to the light/dark/light strip. The seam allowances will be
opposing (flipped to “nest” into each other).
• Serge the remaining dark/light/dark strip to the light/dark/light strip.
• Press the seam allowances to the dark/light/dark strips.
• Trim thread tails and mount the sample on the following page.
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