--- product_id: 761971 title: "The Complete Serger Handbook" price: "€ 71.86" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/761971-the-complete-serger-handbook store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # The Complete Serger Handbook **Price:** € 71.86 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Complete Serger Handbook - **How much does it cost?** € 71.86 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/761971-the-complete-serger-handbook) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Complete Serger Handbook [James, Chris] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Complete Serger Handbook Review: What a relief! - My new serger came with great technical documentation, but no examples of what the different stitches are used for, or really useful troubleshooting techniques. I figured out a little and then bought this book. All the information I sought is right here. Granted it's probably fairly basic stuff, but it's just what I needed to know and is presented in a very user-friendly manner. There are multiple examples of uses for various stitches (and plenty of pictures) that helped me connect them with their names so I could get more value from the documentation booklet supplied with the machine. This book isn't machine specific so using both together gave me the best results. I greatly appreciate the troubleshooting section of the book as it describes what to look for first, second, etc, when you're not getting the results you expect, and again, lots of pictured examples to help you identify your exact problem. Since I'd just gone through one such episode, eventually finding the problem on my own, I knew this book was right on target (and if I'd had it sooner, I'd have saved that hour of frustration). There are also tips and tricks that have really helped me, such as how to change threads more easily. I must say the serger intimidates me a little, but this book has made the learning curve much shorter and I know I will continue to get use from it as my skills mature because there are examples of more complicated things I look forward to trying. I've found it well worth the purchase. Review: This is *the* book to have when starting from scratch - I’m in my 50s, taught myself to sew last year by watching videos. Decided to up my sewing game and picked up a serger. Serging is a whole other beast compared to sewing and I’ve been stuck. I’ve watched videos, read blog posts, and bought a different book (Serger 101), and while I was able to run the machine I still wasn’t sure what to do when and didn’t feel I understood enough to even know what questions to ask. This book saved me. It is obvious the author was a very experienced teacher because going through this book is like being in an introductory class with a teacher at your side. Her words, the pictures, and the layout perfectly capture her experience teaching serger tyros. The book guided me through learning about and using my new serger (Singer S0230) and by the end (and after practice) I felt a confidence and understanding I hadn’t felt when using the serger before. It taught me just what I needed to know when I needed to know it. It wasn’t “here’s everything about serging, sort it all out yourself”. Despite the great reviews I didn’t buy this book first because it was published 20+ years ago. Big mistake. The machines in the book are exactly like the serger I bought a few weeks ago. Nothing in this book seems outdated. Just because it’s all new to me doesn’t mean it’s all new to the world. If you’ve never used a serger and you buy a serger then also buy this book. And 4 cones of serger thread in the 4 colors of the dials on your machine...that makes it way easier to diagnose stitch issues. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #231,443 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #496 in Sewing (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,837) | | Dimensions | 2.4 x 1.3 x 6 inches | | Edition | New edition | | ISBN-10 | 0806998075 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0806998077 | | Item Weight | 1.16 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 160 pages | | Publication date | June 30, 1998 | | Publisher | Sterling Publishing | ## Images ![The Complete Serger Handbook - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91mbtk5zqwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a relief! *by C***G on April 18, 2009* My new serger came with great technical documentation, but no examples of what the different stitches are used for, or really useful troubleshooting techniques. I figured out a little and then bought this book. All the information I sought is right here. Granted it's probably fairly basic stuff, but it's just what I needed to know and is presented in a very user-friendly manner. There are multiple examples of uses for various stitches (and plenty of pictures) that helped me connect them with their names so I could get more value from the documentation booklet supplied with the machine. This book isn't machine specific so using both together gave me the best results. I greatly appreciate the troubleshooting section of the book as it describes what to look for first, second, etc, when you're not getting the results you expect, and again, lots of pictured examples to help you identify your exact problem. Since I'd just gone through one such episode, eventually finding the problem on my own, I knew this book was right on target (and if I'd had it sooner, I'd have saved that hour of frustration). There are also tips and tricks that have really helped me, such as how to change threads more easily. I must say the serger intimidates me a little, but this book has made the learning curve much shorter and I know I will continue to get use from it as my skills mature because there are examples of more complicated things I look forward to trying. I've found it well worth the purchase. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is *the* book to have when starting from scratch *by P***. on March 28, 2021* I’m in my 50s, taught myself to sew last year by watching videos. Decided to up my sewing game and picked up a serger. Serging is a whole other beast compared to sewing and I’ve been stuck. I’ve watched videos, read blog posts, and bought a different book (Serger 101), and while I was able to run the machine I still wasn’t sure what to do when and didn’t feel I understood enough to even know what questions to ask. This book saved me. It is obvious the author was a very experienced teacher because going through this book is like being in an introductory class with a teacher at your side. Her words, the pictures, and the layout perfectly capture her experience teaching serger tyros. The book guided me through learning about and using my new serger (Singer S0230) and by the end (and after practice) I felt a confidence and understanding I hadn’t felt when using the serger before. It taught me just what I needed to know when I needed to know it. It wasn’t “here’s everything about serging, sort it all out yourself”. Despite the great reviews I didn’t buy this book first because it was published 20+ years ago. Big mistake. The machines in the book are exactly like the serger I bought a few weeks ago. Nothing in this book seems outdated. Just because it’s all new to me doesn’t mean it’s all new to the world. If you’ve never used a serger and you buy a serger then also buy this book. And 4 cones of serger thread in the 4 colors of the dials on your machine...that makes it way easier to diagnose stitch issues. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth the search and the increased price! *by T***A on April 15, 2013* I read about this book in several reviews of several serger models. I looked at it one day and it was a reasonable price. Apparently HSN also sold and plugged this book and it soon sold out. With the shortage the prices soared in one week. There were used in good condition copies listed for above $300.00. No thanks!! The only book I would pay that for would be a really cool Bible. A little patience and ordering it elsewhere twice only to be told it wasn't really in stock, I finally found it here and actually recieved it. It has very easy to follow hints and directions. The writer has a sense of humor making it more than just a mundane handbook. I am not new to sergers but have still found it helpful and worth the price I paid and the hassle to get it. I think someone new to sergers would exponentially benefit from this book. Chris James has a way of making the daunting task of mastering a serger sound a whole lot easier than I found it fifteen years ago. I really wish I had found this book back then. I might not have given up on my $1,000.00 monster. I feel strongly enough about the usefulness of this handbook to say, if the short stock is a indication that it is about to be updated, I would purchase the most current copy. This is from 1998 and could actually use a makeover. 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