My serger was bought in '87 and has served me very well. I've used it for garments and home dec. The only time I've used it for quilting is when I make the Kaye Woods six-hour quilts. It's great for that. Unfortunately my serger is now out of commission and needs to be seen by a serviceman. I think all it needs is a good cleaning and fine tuning and it'll be fine. I'd love one of those new ones that practically thread themselves, but I don't think I use it enough anymore to spend that kind of money. I'll just have the old one serviced and be happy with that.
To you who say that yours is still in the box or unused....mine stayed in the box for a year until I could brave using it for the very first time. And what did it for me was I took a class at the shop where I had purchased it. It was very basic class that taught us basic skills and then some tricks for embellishments.
Last edited by GailG; 07-12-2012 at 01:02 PM.