I've been hankering after an overlocker for a few months. After doing a lot of online research, plus seeing what is available in NZ I had decided on a Brother 3034D. My mother had very generously offered to buy me one for Christmas. Last week I saw Spotlight had a special on the very model I wanted, plus Brother was offering a $50 cashback for November. Too good to resist. I dashed out to Spotlight and grabbed one. A total of nearly $200 off the normal price. Being worse than a child waiting for Santa, my Mum said I could have it straight away.
I spent 2 days just playing with it, practicing stitches and making a workbook with examples of different seams, flatlock, piping etc. I was then ready to take that big step - actually using it on a garment and hoping I wouldn't cut in the wrong place.
Here is my wonderful overlocker
The shirt was another made with New Look 6963. The seams were done as usual on the sewing machine, then finished on the overlocker. The fabric was from Spotlight and the tag described it as a lightweight denim floral. It is a very soft material. I bought 1.8metres at 145cm wide for $27 and the pattern used most of the fabric.
The other garment I made this week was another knit dress. This one was a mash up between the Maria Denmark pattern the Kirsten Kimono T on top, and the skirt from the SoSew Easy Wrap dress. I altered the T pattern to shorten it and to fit the waist of the skirt. For the skirt I widened it a bit to give it a bit of flare.The other 2 wrap dresses I made I added elastic at the waist and was going to do it on this dress. However when I tried it on, it really didn't need it. I'm quite pleased with the result.
Fabric was another Spotlight, a lightweight ITY, in blue polka dot and I bought 2 metres at 148cm wide for $14. I have quite a bit left over, easily another 65cm. I have my eye on another SoSewEasy skirt patterns, for that leftover material.
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