serged

Seams trimmed neatly

Serged is the past tense of serge, meaning to finish a fabric edge with an overlock stitch that wraps around the raw edge to prevent fraying.

A serger is the machine that produces this stitch: She serged the seams before assembling the garment.

Common in home sewing and garment manufacturing.

stitching

overlock

Edge-binding stitch

  • seamJoined fabric edge
  • hemFolded garment edge
  • edgeBoundary or sharpness

finish · stitch · bind · neaten · overcast · reinforce · trim · loopers · flatlock · whipstitch

durability

reinforced

Made more resistant

woven · activewear · swimwear · lingerie

Categories
Opposites
edge finishing technique

sergedunfinished

Not yet complete

hemmed · bound · pinked · hand-stitched

edge condition/state

sergedraw

In original state

fraying · unfinished · raveling · ragged · unhemmed

Family

serge, serger, serging, sergers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G