Lisa

Ok, I don't want to spend 12 to 14 hundred dollars for a serger. I could sure use a serger from time to time though. I have looked at the Brother's brand serger and checked out comments about it on-line and it sounds good for the price but.......sometimes things sound good just because you want one! Anyone here have a Brother's serger or know of anyone who has one and have any feedback/advice that you can give me?

Ducky

I have to laugh. I have a serger that I use every so often and I had it in my head it was a Brother. So when I looked to find the model for you, it turns out it is a Pfaff. I used to work on a Brother and had very good luck with it. I can't remember the model though. My Pfaff wasn't as expensive as $1200 - 1400... My serger is several years old, so I'm sure they have really fancy ones now.

Olivia's Grammy

Check out the Baby Lock. It's awesome. It blows the threads through to the loopers. I paid less than $1200.00. I used to have the top of the line Pfaff and it was so complicated that after 12 years I still used only the basis stitches on it.

Lisa

Thanks ladies for the input, I will check out the Pfaff and Baby Lock and Ducky, I've done the same thing, positive that I had a certain item and when I went to look it was something else!!

elizajo

After reading about sergers on Pattern Review.com, I ordered a Brother 1034 serger online about five years ago just to try one out for general sewing. It cost somewhere between $100 and $125. It is still working fine, no service needed at all.

About the only thing I use it for is overcasting raw edges on woven fabrics for pants and some shirts. I thought that I would use the three thread stretch stitch for knit tops, but I still like a narrow zig zag the best.

I serged the edge on a quilt until I could find a binding fabric that I liked. I needed to use the quilt, so here it is two years later and I still have a serged edge! I think there is a method for quilting with a serger, but I would think you would end up with bulky seams.

Oh, and I don't mind the threading--- my other machines are vintage, so I don't know what I'm missing.

Jackie R

I have a Baby Lock Imagine purchased a few years ago when I retired and I love it. Don't use it often but it's very usefull and could be utilized a lot more. I did a quilt-as-you- go on it (actually two) and they turned out just fine and the method is rather fun to do. There are some very good applications in a book called Creative Serging, but unfortunately don't know the author. Their instructions for doing the quilt-as-you-go projects are very good.

Olivia's Grammy

I did ONE quilt with the serger. I thought the seams were to bulky. I tried sergering the edge of the quilt once also. I thought it just added extra work for the quilt. However, if I did not have time to do the binding and needed the quilt right away I would serger.

fktsewing

I have a Brother I bought some 20 years ago right before I stop working for Wal Mart and I use it when I am making my clothes or taking in clothes for my grandaughter and it still works like a dream. I have never had an ounce of trouble with it at all.
It is a 3/4 thread overlock and the only thing that I wish it had is the auto adjust for the thickness of fabrics. Most of the new ones do have that feature.
I have found for lower cost machines they operate and last extremely well and am just waiting for my husband to find a job (he lost his 6 months ago) so I can buy an embroidery machine from Brother.