I'm making a fleece blazer with my serger. Could use my D1 but the results are so much better serging fleece. Practicing different settings with fabrics really helped me gain confidence. I saw program on PBS where they used 3 threads to serge a chain and then used the chain as a gathering cord. Just wrapped the serged chain around an empty thread spool until it was needed. I liked the idea a lot because I can never seem to find a thin cord when I'm gathering fabric.