I got my Brother serger years ago when I was sewing garments. I do use it sometimes for "quilt as go" to make charity quilts. I use it when I sew long strips together and I use it to finish off fleece blankets. The only other time I use it is when I prewash fabric(which I do only when color bleeding is questionable) then I serge around the edges of the fabric. So for the few uses if I didn't already have one, I wouldn't go out and buy one. I'd use the money for more fabric :)