technique tutorial: serger thread tails
January 31, 2010 by Lex
Filed under Sewing, Tutorials + How Tos, WhatTheCraft.com Tutorials
You can’t backstitch with a serger, so you might be left wondering what to do with that little thread tail.
There are several ways of dealing with it, I recommend looking at your manual and seeing what option you like best. My favorite way is to take a big fat needle (a yarn needle or very large upholstery needle will work, the less pointy the end, the better), thread the thread tail through it, and then slide it up into the seam.
Click the step-by-step photos below for larger images!
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Caffat on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 9:03 pm
I worked in a sewing factory and what we did with the tails. We would take a few stitches into the fabric then grab the tail , Lift up the foot and pull the tail and place under the presser foot close to the stitching line and continue sewing . Its about the same as what you are doing with threading a needle and sewing it in by hand . This way is much faster and you dont have to worry about going back to finish off the tail ends.
Caffay on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 9:04 pm
oops , Big typo on my nick name in my first post hahaha
caffay
Lex on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 10:46 pm
Awesome, thanks for the tip! I’m going to try that next time.
Fladycync on Sat, 30th Oct 2010 7:03 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYWnOnPIxQ – Nikola Teslsa
Elizabeth on Sun, 24th Apr 2011 1:54 pm
Lex, I tuck my ends in like you suggest & it works well for me. I may try Caffay’s technique too so I don’t need to try to put the 3 or 4 threads from the serger into the eye of the needle….that takes some patience!