Originally Posted by skeetersmom
I recently bought the Featherweight 221, and the other Singer I have is the Singer 6267 which I bought new around 1984 or so.
I've read lots of negatives on the later Singer machines, and I'm wondering when Singer quit making great machines.
Around the early 1960's, I'd say...
I have been sewing on the old Bernina 830 since the 80's and was madly in love with it until I got a vintage Singer 66. Nothing beats the way these old machines were made and the precision their workings have, not to mention the soothing sound when they sew, their strength, their power... need I go on?
Sometimes you may not know it can be better than what you've got...
My employer sent me a new Husqvarna Huskylock 936 to do her work on. She said she paid $1800 for it, and it is a bonafide piece of cr*p! It doesn't even have the power to sew across a seam without getting stuck and the stitching all bunching up. I hate the thing and fight with it whenever I have to use it. :thumbdown:
Price paid is NO reflection of quality, where sewing machines are concerned.
I just hope I can acquire all the old Singers I want to collect before the rest of the world catches on and the prices go into orbit. :-D