if you want to surge elastic on with the perfect consistent resistance you are going to want to use
the elasticator attachment found in the utility foot kit if you're an owner of a husqvarna viking
amber air s 400 or a 5 admire air 5000 air jet threaded serger we are going through all
the feet that come in the utility feet kit and there's a ton of them actually so one
of them is going to be the elasticator there's a gathering foot there's a blind hem foot there's a
gathering attachment and even a cloth guide so i'm going to be showing you all these accessory feed
of course i'm sarah i'm the one who does all the free videos on machines at sewingmastery.com where
we've actually done oh all the videos on these two sergers the husqvarna viking and the fop they're
practically identical sergers and they have so many capabilities so we did a video on every
page of the manual so you can see how to thread it all the different uses of all the different
stitches how to take care of it so make sure you check out the links below for all the foot videos
plus all the tutorials on these machines but i want to really get into first off in this video
showing you what and how an elasticator attachment works so i said attachment because it's actually
not a foot it is actually going to attach to the front of the machine you use it in conjunction
with your standard presser foot but i want to show you how we're going to be loading this
so you can see what adjustments and potential this has so you're going to take your elastic and
you're going to find that this little slide can adjust for narrow elastic and wider elastic so see
how that little mouth is kind of getting wider or narrower so as you slide your elastic in make sure
that the guide is as loose as possible to help you slip it in the easiest and once it's in here let's
go ahead and first kind of match it to the side so see how it's going to just keep that perfectly
guided in that mouth and then the next thing is is how tight how much gathering do you want
the elastic to do so as you tighten this you'll feel you'll have a little bit more every time
you give it a turn so right here it's going to be really really tight it's going to really gather
up the edge of your fabric so whether you're doing home deck items aerobic wear swimwear all those
different things so depending on where you're putting it will depend on how tight or loose you
want it since we're just using a basic four thread overlock you will be able to easily take some
elastic do a little testing and find out how much gather you really need so next let me show you
where you attach this to the machine so you notice right on the inside here there is an
opening for you to slide this in but before you slide it the first time you are going to need to
open up the side door and loosen this screw so once it's actually opened when you slide it
all the way in it goes behind the screw and then you're going to tighten it so it's held in place
close up the door and you're ready to use it so i have some really stretchy lycra and i'm going
to show you what it looks like when you add it to the edge now do you notice something there this
is our sewing mastery logo and yes you can have your own lycra printed with your own particular
pattern or image or such and this is done at spoonflower.com if you want to print any of your
own fabrics and they have a so many to pick from i'll put links below this youtube video for you to
check out so yes uh recently i ordered myself two yards of sport lycra with my logo on it so
for settings again we're all just a normal fourth red overlock and again i'm going to as i stitch
tighten this a little bit as i go down the row of fabric now i have more fabric than elastic
so why is this so important the importance is is and when you start and stop the this
is going to keep consistent pressure on the elastic so it will easily be guided as you
work your way around the edge of the fabric now as you get it a little tighter you might need to
lengthen the stitch length so it still pulls in at a nice amount of stitches and it doesn't
start to pile up i'll show you what i mean when i'm done but i can go ahead and crank this down
for a lot more gathers i've even seen people do like crib sheets with this technique and
where you add the elastic to just the corners around the sheets of course your regular sheets
so if you're really fond of a nice fabric you can easily go ahead and buy your own fabric and make
them fitted with no problem now usually what i do is i leave my elastic in there and then keep on
stitching so you can see it's as i went and this is where i got really too close together and it
kind of wanted to pile up but look how much it really can be placed now that was a lot of gather
so that might be a little bit much but in those corners where we're talking about the sheets that
would be just right so the nice thing is is that you can then turn it over if you want you could do
a little twin needle or cover stitching if you have a cover stitch machine and topstitch that
really nicely in place for what you're working with and just like this take a strip of fabric
test the different consistencies of how much because every elastic is a little different
and every fabric is going to handle a little different definitely don't forget to lengthen
out your stitch length for the optimum use so make sure you check out the links below or at
the end of this video where you can see all the other feet that come in the utility foot kits
you