I finally was able to order this book, Serge it!, which was a pre-release when I first found it. I've had it sitting in my 'shopping basket' waiting forever! I have several 'learn to serge' books but this one goes beyond the "how to" with 24 cute projects. Usually, sergers are used to finish edges, prepare garment seams, or perhaps create a home dec item like napkins. Jenny Doh and Cynthia Shaffer share ideas for things you'll actually use, with stitches you'll actually see!
From fabric gift wrap to bags, scarves, pillows, and even shoes (!), a belt, and a clock, most of the items are made from start to finish on the serger. Of course, I still haven't made anything functional with my serger but this book inspires me. I have my serger supplies to help: a needle threader, 
looper threader, 
and scary surgical seam ripper. 
I may not have made anything pretty yet but I have been using my serger. I fixed my son's pants' pocket, seamed some fabric, and I tightened up the corners on my very worn out mop covers! It worked like a charm and now they no longer fall off the mop base. The blade chugged a bit to get through the very thick terry cloth (hopefully I didn't dull them too much!) but still managed to finish off the edges nicely.
In addition to the fun ideas in the book, I also still really want to make the exposed zipper bag from Amy Alan's Beginner Serging class so I can use it for my binding kit - the other one I made is a bit small for all those needle packages I bought! I think I will start there and see how it goes.
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