Krause Publishing £12.99
ISBN 978-0-89689-810-3 (s/b, 128 pages + DVD)
Do you have a serger or overlocker sitting at
home in a cupboard waiting to be liberated?
Sharon Rotz found herself in that very
situation whilst rummaging in her workroom
and decided to add her serger to her list of
quilting companions, including her embroidery
and long-arm machines. Sergers, which
might be more commonly known to some of
us as overlockers, produce finished seams
which you will recognise from ready made
garments. In this instance, Sharon is using the
serger for piecing and embellishment to
create some interesting effects. The end result
is her serge and merge book which
incorporates overlock and flatlock stitched
quilts, rolled edge quilts and combination
quilts into fourteen different projects. Sharon
has teamed up with Nancy Zieman to
produce a DVD that takes you through each
different stitch style showing you how to use
your serger, what threads to use as well as
sharing tips for creating interesting lattice
borders, prairie points, rotary cutting and
much more. I found the combination of the
DVD and the book very useful as I couldn’t
quite imagine some of the techniques when
looking at flat shots of the quilts. This book
will definitely give your overlocker a new lease
of life and add a new dimension to your
finished quilts.