I serge around each of my quilts so that the binding lays flat and all three layers are nicely pulled together. I went to a quild open house of various quilters and at the last home was asked if there was anything I saw missing in any of the quilting areas....my response was 'not a serger in the bunch'. Thought they were going to run me out of town on a rail!!! Was then told that 'a good quilter would never use a serger on her quilts'. Hummm, yesterday's Fons and Porter's show on PBS showed that THEY SERGE. As for me, I'm still serging the edge just before attaching the binding and it works wonderfully....