I found the original sales receipt. I purchased this open box serger on 10/28/2001 at the Sears store in Port Richey, Florida for $205.79 plus tax. Hard to believe I’ve had her 24 years!
Made by Janome, she’s a 4/3/2 model with a rolled hem feature that was a huge selling point for me back in the day. She’s been professionally serviced over the years, but normally sits tucked away in a cabinet most of the time.
The serger’s had a mini-spa day, complete with new needles and new cones of serger thread in light gray, medium beige and dark gray. I reviewed old instructional videos and adjusted the thread tensions for a 3 thread overlock stitch. My student will use it for seam finishes on her FIT portfolio garments. I’m also going to try a friend’s trick of using her serger to prep quilt edges for binding.
For me, the only drawback to an older serger is that threading the lower looper is a royal pain. Should my serger become a more integral part of my quilting activities, I’ll seriously consider upgrading to a new-to-me model with air jet threading. I simply won’t have the patience to continue wrangle threading the lower looper.
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