sergers are one of those machines that are (mostly) used when garment sewing and or working with knits. if all you do is quilting i would save the $$ for something quilting related. I bought a serger 5 or 6 years ago...it sat around in it's case...we used it once for about 1/2 an hour, i finally just sold it, it was of no use to me and i never did learn how to actually use it to it's potential. maybe you could visit a sewing machine shop where they would let you try one out and see what you can do then decide if it's something you would use