Learn all you need to know about the Juki Mo654DE Rolled Hem function to make beautiful-looking narrow seams on the edge of your fabrics.
The serger’s rolled hem seam is a fantastic feature that allows making quick, yet neat and clean seams on any fabric.
This type of seam is mainly used for sheer fabrics like chiffon, organza, or silk. But it really looks amazing on any kind of fabric you want to use.
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Since I learned to do these seams my sewing life has certainly become easier.
In fashion school, we only had industrial sewing and serger machines. Which as far as I know they can’t make an overlock rolled edge seam.
That’s why when I finally could afford to buy my own home Serger Machine, and learn how to do this type of seam, I became very happy.
Not to mention I was saving a lot of time in dress’s hems sewing.
But this is not the only use for this seam.
You can also use it as a decorative stitch by sewing it over the edges of your sewing projects with a contrasting color.
Also, you can make the famous lettuce seam on knits. Which is a very nice touch for garments, hems, sleeves, and ruffles.
Now, I used to make this seam on my Brother Serger. But since I upgraded it with my Juki Mo654DE and reviewed all its options, I realized how much easier and quicker it actually was to make a rolled hem on a serger machine.
Juki made a pretty good job by making this feature so easy that only takes 4 small tweaks to start making your hems.
Do you want to see what all of this is about and learn to do it by yourself??
Keep reading!
SERGER ROLLED EDGE. CAN A SERGER DO A ROLLED HEM?
The answer is yes, most sergers have the in-built rolled hem seam option, which you can achieve by modifying their settings.
But unlike a sewing machine’s rolled hem made with a rolled hem foot, this seam is oversewn over the edge of the fabric, a tiny overlock seam.
The edge of the fabric is rolled under itself and the machine will sew over that rolled edge.
SERGER ROLLED HEM ON CHIFFON
The chiffon fabric is one of the most common fabrics to use a rolled hem serger’s seam. Mainly because of how hard it is to handle it.
Even though you can also make a rolled hem on chiffon with your sewing machine, making it with a serger will take much less of your time.
To make a serger rolled hem on chiffon use the correct serger needle for that fabric and a stitch length between 1 and 2.
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JUKI MO654DE ROLLED HEM. How do you do a rolled Hem on a Juki Serger?
It’s very easy to make a nice-looking seam with this serger brand.
To achieve this seam you only have to modify the settings on the lower knife, the stitch length, and the rolled hem knob as I will show you below.
In addition, you will need to remove the left needle as this is a 3-thread seam.
SERGER ROLLED HEM SETTINGS
1. Remove the left needle.
We are removing this needle because we only need three threads to make this seam.
The lower and upper looper, plus, the one of the right needle.
To remove our left needle from our serger I am going to use this practical gadget called a needle threader.
Besides threading needles, it can also hold them while you unscrew them from your machine.
It will help me to prevent the needle from dropping and get lost inside my Serger.
2. Turn the Knife knob.
Open the left door of your machine and turn the knife knob between the numbers 1 and 2.
Then close the door making sure is closed correctly.
3. Reduce the stitch length.
The number you decide to set your stitch length will depend on the type of fabric you are using and how full you want your Juki Mo654de rolled hem seam to be.
For a decorative stitch is better to keep it as small as possible. But if you are working with a hem leaving it between 2 and 1 it’s perfectly fine.
On the other hand, if you are working with a thicker fabric such as felt, the settings will need a longer stitch and a stronger needle too.
4. Push the Juki Mo64de rolled hem knob
To make a tiny rolled hem seam, push the knob that is in front of your machine at the side of the presser foot towards you to align it to the red marking.
This will activate the rolled hem function.
You are ready to start sewing.
Keep sewing and when you finish, keeping about 2″ length of the thread chain before cutting it off.
There are a couple of options that you can choose from to finish your serger thread tail.
One of them is simply to make a knot with it and cut the remaining threads.
Another one is to unthread the chain as I did in the video above.
And lastly, you can simply cut the chain and carefully burn the thread (if it is synthetic).
That’s it! Now you know how to make the perfect rolled hem with your Juki Mo654DE!! Remember that if you have any questions about this technique you can ask them in the comments below!
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