Originally Posted by Jaynie
No Carol, I wish I had a Featherweight, but I don't. The machine on the left is a hand crank model, but I have never found a brand name on it. the one in the middle is a Homestead brand and the tan colored Singer on the right belonged to my grandmother that taught me quilting & crocheting.
Jaynie, is that tan Singer a 301 or a 401? My mother still sews on her 301 and my daughter has my 401. All they do is straight stitch, and has a reverse stitch. They used attachments for buttonholes. I bought my 401 in 1962. She probably bought her 301 in '55 or '56.