I've been sewing for over 50 years and several years ago decided I really needed a serger. Bought one and used it for about 2 weeks and hated it. I took it back and got a refund. Seems like I always need to adjust the seams in garments as well as quilts and the serger trims the seams automatically. I prefer to use the zig-zag on my regular machine to finish the seams when necessary.