![]() This class had no handout, because-as the teacher explained-we were supposed to “be creative” and “use our imaginations.” The teacher was a Bernina Educator and the class was Cozy Socks on the Overlocker. The afternoon class was only marginally better. I came home and took my placemat apart and repurposed the fabric. We did not get to the rolled edge napkins because we ran out of time to change the threading and settings on the machines. Straight vertical lines would have been far better for demonstrating the technique, especially because we had to be careful that the 60-degree lines didn’t cut across the pocket.īecause of the complexity of the project and the fact that there were 30 of us, the class never found a rhythm. The handout indicated to space them 2” apart, but then we were told no, space them 3” apart. ![]() Once the pocket was done, we were supposed to draw guide lines for the flatlock stitching at 60-degree angles across the fabric. We were instructed to cut a piece off the side of the placemat, then sew it back on with a second piece of fabric to form a pocket. ![]() The placemat pattern was far too complicated, even with the handout. Flatlock and rolled edge are not basic stitches, but they require some practice. Most of the women in this class, however, had never seen or used these top-of-the line Bernina sergers. We were given a kit that included enough supplies to make a placemat with decorative flatlock stitches and a couple of rolled edge napkins. She also made several jokes that I thought were unprofessional and inappropriate. That could have been handled much differently. I didn’t even know this woman was on her phone until the teacher stopped the class. The woman had stepped to the back of the classroom to take an emergency call from her husband (he couldn’t find his keys). At one point, she stopped the class and yelled at a student to put her cell phone away. She came across as disorganized and rude. However, the teacher can do much to set the tone of the class, and I could tell we were going to have problems right from the beginning. I am aware that I am not everyone’s cup of tea. If you don’t have a serger with coverstitch capabilities, you can only do about a third of the techniques and projects included in the book. It really should have been marketed as a coverstitch book, not a serger book. Not only did she introduce herself as the author, but she boasted that it was “probably the best serger book ever written.” I rolled my eyes at that. Of course, a steady diet of sweet feed over the winter probably didn’t hurt. The little deer had a growth spurt while I was gone and is not quite so little anymore. I will make at least a couple of attempts to get chicks from the farm store next week, but if I am unsuccessful, then I will probably go ahead and just incubate eggs. The husband is going to set the brooder box up for me this weekend. I took lots of fabric scraps with me and by the end of class, each student was making beautiful coverstitch hems on a variety of fabrics, from thin rayon knits all the way up to ponte. I had to take it apart and put it back together to get it to work properly. That’s the machine that had so many quality control issues. I took my Janome 1000cpx-my first coverstitch machine-to use for demos. Four were on Bernina L890s, two were on Bernette Funlocks, one was on a Bernina MDC, and one was on a Janome 2000cpx. I had eight women in my Coverstitch Basics class last night. I’ll pay closer attention to teacher names, definitely, and try to choose classes on other brands of machines. We will have a better idea what to expect, having experienced it once. We’ve already decided to go back again next year. We checked in to the hotel when we got to Spokane, did a bit of shopping, and finished off with a dinner at Luna, one of our favorite Spokane restaurants. I also had plenty of hotel points to use up. We could have stayed through Saturday and driven back Sunday, but at the end of a busy week like that, I knew it would be better if we broke up the drive. Even more importantly, we understood when it was possible, or even desirable, to bend the rules a bit.Īfter class, Tera and I loaded our stuff into the car and hit the road back to Spokane. By the end of class-which went by too quickly!-we all had a good understanding of what needles were best for what applications. The class was laid out in such a way that we were able to sew with different types of needles on many different kinds of fabrics. That classroom had Viking sewing machines. And about 10 packs of needles, some of which we used in class.
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