Reviews are mixed on this model, but there are few complaints about the quality of the stitching.
The Costway Serger is constructed of aluminum and plastic, which accounts for the lightweight price, but it does include a few handy features, including an automatic tension system, a free arm option and bright LED lighting.
If you’re interested in a basic, manual serger for a first-time user, this little machine might be of interest.
Noisy: The lightweight construction of this serger does little to reduce noise and vibrations during operation.Ĭlick Here for Pricing, Pictures and Reviews on.Limited Warranty: Purchase of this machine includes a short, 90-day warranty.Portable: The small size and low weight make this machine easy to transport and use anywhere.Cost: The price on this entry-level serger is one of the lowest in the industry.User Friendly: The Costway Serger (EP23776) is easy to use and not overly complicated to thread.Serger Sewing: Buying Your First Serger Machine.5 Factors to Consider Before Buying a Serger.Juki MO644D Vs Brother 1034D Comparison.Image digitized with SewArt from royalty-free clipart. More complicated images will take longer and require use of the image conversion tools prior to producing the embroidery file. In this case, the conversion process took less than 5 minutes to complete. The textured fill appears after the image has been converted (sewn) to stitches. Options for auto-digitizing the entire image or just a single color, or manually sewing each color in the image, are available on this toolbar.īelow is a clipart image that was sewn with SewArt using the default pattern fill. This presents a stitching toolbar from which choices for pattern fills, stitch angles, etc., can be made. Once a suitable image has been obtained the auto-digitizing Sewing mode is entered by clicking the Convert toolbar button (the sewing-machine icon). Usually, clipart images are already smooth enough to be sewn immediately, so these constitute a good set of images for starting to use the digitizing features of SewArt. In many cases, these will be necessary to use in order to reduce the color content and smooth the image file before it can be sewn. Several image-processing tools are available in SewArt. This will open the Getting Started main help page which presents a step-by-step tutorial for using the various features of SewArt. After opening SewArt by double-clicking the desktop icon, click the Help/Help Topics menu item. The help that accompanies SewArt contains a mini-tutorial that describes the steps necessary to load input image files and convert them to embroidery files. Supports both auto-digitizing and manual digitizing options to give substantial user control over the digitizing process.Includes a variety of pattern fills which can be applied to sew individual regions of the image.Contains image-processing tools for converting images into color-reduced, smoothed images suitable for digitizing.
Supports output embroidery file formats including Brother (c) *.pes, Tajima (c) *.dst, Janome (c) *.jef, Melco (c) *.exp, Viking(c) *.hus New Pfaff (c) *.vip, Viking SE (c) *.vp3, and Singer (c) *.xxx (these may be converted by SewWhat-Pro , or other embroidery editors, to a larger variety of embroidery file formats compatible with most home and commercial machines).Converts images to high-quality embroidery files for sewing.Allows images in other (unsupported) file formats to be pasted into the SewArt workspace.