Charlee

I keep my eyes open for a vintage red for ya Nancy...haven't found one yet, but I keep looking!

Candace

Sorry, Nancy. If I find a red one. It's MINE!!

miriam

I have an orange sewing machine. Well some of it is orange. It is a MW - looks like from the late 70s early 80s - seems to be a good machine. I laughed at it when I found it.
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but the front of it isn't orange - just the ends and knobs
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AND duh dut diddle dut diddle dut:
I have a red machine on my bench right now too - it belongs to my boss - I just gave it a tune up. I should shoot it so everybody can see a red machine.

BoJangles

Candace, didn't your mother teach you to share? Well, since you found my Pfaff treadle and my 306w, I will forgive you this one transgression!

Charlee thank you for watching for a red machine for me!

Miriam, we would love to see a photo of the red machine!

Nancy

BoJangles

Glenn, I taught most of my grandsons to sew, but now that some of them are teens most of them no longer sew. When they were little, they thought sewing was really cool. They all made several projects - book covers, place mats, large quilted bags to carry their stuff in when spending the night, and a lap sized quilt. Now, Marcus, the 3-year old wants to learn to sew just because he thinks it is fun - I doubt he keeps it up, though, after he gets a little older! At least one of the boys, who is now 14 can mend for his mom and they all know how to operate a sewing machine! I think that is important since most girls don't even do that anymore - they can't even mend a torn blouse or hem something! Besides in the good old days, most tailors were men! I think it is great that your grandmother taught you to sew and that you still sew! I use to hold a quilt camp here every summer for the grandkids! We had kids all summer anyway and that way they had something to do besides drive us nuts with the quads going all day, gave the horses a break - and it kept them out of Grampa's hair!

Nancy

BoJangles

Chris, by long bed, you must mean you have a black featherweight. They didn't come in a 'long bed' and 'short bed' like a 301 does. The black FW's all have the same length bed, and the white/light green ones all have a short bed. I don't have a tan one, but I think the tan/beige one was always a longer bed like the black FW's, but each color was what it was - there was no choice of a long or short bed. There was a free arm, though, in black.

Your needle not moving could be that the bobbin case is not set correctly for the grove (position finger) in the throat plate. It could also be that the hook/race/bobbin casing have some thread caught in there. Those FW's were made so precise - so small - there is no room for a thread, lint, anything to interfere with the action of the machine. Even one thread caught in and around the hook/race can freeze those machines. They are very easy to care for yourself - just get a flash light and start hunting. Don't force anything. Sometimes you can soak the bobbin area in oil and if there is a thread caught you can then get it out. I have 'unstuck' several FW's that just needed a very good cleaning!

Nancy

purplefiend

Bojangles/Nancy,
I have a tan FW and it's bed is the same size as the black FW's. Dh thought I was a bit odd last night, I was quilting and binding potholders with my Bernina 930 and sewing the binding strips together with my tan FW. The 930 is in the Horn cabinet and the FW was set up on the left, sure was easier to have both machines set up; rather than having to change to a the needle on the 930.
I was using up some scraps and decided I that I needed a new batch of potholders.
Sharon W.

Candace

Hey Nancy, did you order a new bobbin case yet for the 306? I guess you can't do much with it until then?

jljack

Glenn, another reason you are a hero to the ladies here!!! :-)

jljack

Here is that handy little two sided low/horizontal screwdriver my DH altered for me to use on my machines. It's really quite handy....moves difficult screws really well.