Tarbubble...

Sergers are really really useful for clothing, especially on stretchy fabrics. They finish seams nicely and keep fabrics from raveling. You can either serge around each cut piece of fabric and then sew per your normal routine, or you can seam using the serger and get a nicely finished edge. There's no real advantage in using a serger if you do lapped seams or are using fabrics that don't ravel (silnylon) or fabrics you'd melt the edges of (nylon). I used to do french seams all the time, and buying a serger saved me lots of time. I hope it is in good running order for you... they are nice to have on hand. Especially great for stitching up kids clothes really quickly!

MNS