Featherweight high costs .... why?
10-01-2014, 03:04 PM
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My dad bought a FW for me at a flea market in tge mid-70's. Paid $15 and came with a case. It didn't stitch, so we took it to a local repair shop. Another $15 to get it working. My piecing is better on the FW than on my Pfaff. And that's why I like my FW!
10-01-2014, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sdhaevrsi
Thank you!
How did you find that? Where did you look, or what key words?
How did you find that? Where did you look, or what key words?
10-01-2014, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs. SewNSew
If you search "ISMACS cabinets" you will find lots of tables and can compare the differences. It looks like the cut-outs are different shapes for the 221 or the 301.
The card table info in the files of the Vintage Singer Library is much more comprehensive than what's on ISMACS. There is a parts chart that lists the #'s for every piece of the tables, that's where I found what Sheri needed.
Cari
10-01-2014, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
Christy,
The card table info in the files of the Vintage Singer Library is much more comprehensive than what's on ISMACS. There is a parts chart that lists the #'s for every piece of the tables, that's where I found what Sheri needed.
Cari
The card table info in the files of the Vintage Singer Library is much more comprehensive than what's on ISMACS. There is a parts chart that lists the #'s for every piece of the tables, that's where I found what Sheri needed.
Cari
10-02-2014, 05:01 PM
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If Featherweight is a fad, it's been running at least 25-30 years. I started collecting machines in 1999. Featherweight Fanatics email list was already firmly entrenched at that time. I had some well-heeled co-workers who were taking quilting classes in the 1984-1986 timeframe, and they were buying Featherweights to go along with the Pfaff or whatever modern machines were the bees knees back then.
Me, I was flogging my 1980 Kenmore zz and the free 195(4?) Featherweight that my aunt & uncle gave me in the late 1970s, tailoring suits and coats and sewing dresses. And I didn't even know that Featherweights were worth money and had a cult following. I suspect my aunt & uncle didn't either, or they'd have sold that Featherweight!
Me, I was flogging my 1980 Kenmore zz and the free 195(4?) Featherweight that my aunt & uncle gave me in the late 1970s, tailoring suits and coats and sewing dresses. And I didn't even know that Featherweights were worth money and had a cult following. I suspect my aunt & uncle didn't either, or they'd have sold that Featherweight!
10-03-2014, 04:20 AM
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I have 3 featherweights ..like them and take them when I need a carry around. My favorite machine for quilting is a 15-91 singer . For some reason it does the best job, I don't know if they are all like that or just my particular machine. It never bunches up the fabric, I can start at the very edge of very small pieces. Sue
10-12-2014, 11:51 AM
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I love my Featherweights, I really do, but now there's one on the Goodwill site for $241 and there are still six hours of bidding left. It's a Centennial. But still... it's Goodwill! I wonder if people are willing to pay more on there because they figure the money is going to charity. I certainly think that when I've bought machines from them.
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