I have 2 sergers. One is a brother, and the other is a simplicity. Like them both. Very bare bones, horrible to thread, but I use them when I am making quilts that are going to be washed alot and are very simple. For the project Linus quilt tops the B&G club is working on I pieced alot of them together with the serger. Plain patchwork, or snowball, it is wonderful. My sergers are old. Bought Simplicity for $399 in 1996 and the Brother I got from St Vincent DePaul's thrift store used about 1999. I recommend having one especially if you are making some quilts for children or babies, that are going to be washed alot or hand tied instead of quilted.