I have a Janome, love it, love it, love it. Use it all the time. Once you have the treading down, it is so easy to use. Now with all the clothing fabric being stretch, a serger is the way to go. When threading, it is about what order to thread. For mine, and most, the order will be 2,1,3,4. Once you remember that, everything goes smooth. Very rarely do my threads break now. I highly recommend one if you do a lot of clothing sewing.