How to mock coverstitch with a serger. (Part 1)

[@TheTruman111]

Please be aware this is not a cover stitch, or a mock cover stitch, or at all related to a cover stitch. A cover stitch is a series of plain, straight stitches running parallel to the hem on the right side, with a traditional serged seam on the underside. A commercially-produced t-shirt hem is a great example.

[@sarag1158]

Thank you! I knew there was a way to do this on my juki MO series. I paid extra for the chain stitch feature but I don't know what to do with it. I thought I needed that to do a mock cover stitch him

[@1mien]

I have the Brother 1034D as well. I achieve this hem on T shirts by serging the bottom of my pieces and then turn the edge under half an inch and sew with that turned edge on the feed dog. I just feel for the edge, matching up my half inch seam allowance with my sewing machine. Looks good. The only problem is that is still does not achieve that stretchable seam and I only sew one row of long stitches. Although it works for t shirt hems, I have yet to find a good mock cover stitch method for making underwear with this serger.

[@lizabethmccool2990]

But a true coverstitch only has 2 rows of stitching on the right side of the hem🤔

[@tinac8805]

You're right. This looks more of a flatlock stitch mock

[@tinac8805]

It looks more like a flatlock stitch mock....which you can actually achieve with your serger.