Hi and welcome to the course how to imitate an overlock pitch to avoid phrase. So the offer lock is the finishing theme using between three and five threads. The same will prevent the seams edges from fraying and will give your clothes a nice finished look. If you have some clothes yourself or if a garment that you have isn't finished, I recommend using this technique so that it won't fray and eventually unthread especially if it isn't lined, so I'll show you how to imitate an overlock stitch simply by making a zigzag stitch using a size 1214 or 16 needle or the European equivalent would be 8090 or 100 depending on your fabric thickness. So for a very thin fabric, use a size 12 and for thick fabrics like denim, use the size 16. And finally, make sure that your sewing machine is set on the Standard zigzag stitch.

Now you can start your machine. What we now want to do is make a zigzag seam that will barely touch the fabric edges to strengthen it and prevent it from fraying so it will still very close to the edge but always remain on the fabric. I recommend making a few tests on a piece of fabric to verify the zigzag stitch length adjusted so that it will just brush the edges at about one millimeter. See, here's my ditch is a bit too far. So I'll plate the needle closer to the edge. When all is good, you can start sewing if not make more tests by moving your fabric, adjusting the stitches tension or length and making sure that your machine is threaded properly.

Now place your garment under the presser foot with the seam allowance. Which is feeding fabric from the scene line under the needle at a length chosen based on your tests, remember to always so what is called a backstitch of the beginning and at the end of a seam to make sure that it lasts. So to make it backstitch you just have to make three to four stitches back and forth. And there you go. a sturdy securing stitch. You can now make the zigzag stitch all along the seam.

Once this is done, make it back stitch live the presser foot and cut the remaining thread. There you go. You can use this technique for any unfinished seam. That way you'll see that your fabrics will spray less and your clothes will last longer. For any questions regarding this technique, please write us At info at data edge boss.com and it will be our pleasure to help you and now have a peek at the other courses offered by data x we both have a great day