3 needle, 2/3/4-thread Juki MCS1800 coverstitch sewing machine

What is cover stitch?

Cover stitch is the effect you see on t-shirt hems and neck bands on manufactured garments.  There’s a twin-needle effect on the front, and something that looks a bit like an overlocker stitch on the back.  You may also have noticed the looped effect on both right and wrong sides of a seam; that’s a top cover which is an even more highly-specialised machine and is commonly used in manufacturing of underwear, swimwear and yoga clothing. Cover stitch is highly-elastic and used mainly for sewing jersey knit garments, although it can be used on wovens too. I’ve been hankering after a cover stitch machine for a while so I decided lockdown was the perfect time for a treat.