After 30 years of sewing I bought a very inexpensive serger from Costco online - delivered straight to my house. It has an instructional DVD and is really easy to set up and use. I just made 24 pillowcases for my two granddaughters - each one got a set of 12, one for every month of the year - hearts for February, shamrocks for March, etc. The serging took less time than cutting them out! If I had used my sewing machine I would have had to zig-zag or use French seams so the serger was a snap. This is an under-used tool in my sewing room and I hope to expand my use of it; I just don't think to use it because I've never had one.