My DH collects Antique and Vintage Singer machines. (We have a few that are not Singers) I love my Featherweight and use it constantly. You can purchase a zig zag attachment for these machines and that will allow you to do machine applique. Another asset for these machines it they are sooooooooo easy to maintain and service. I sew a lot and use the featherweight exclusively and my DH can keep this going with no problem. I have probably put approx 600 hours on this machine and it is a 1955. I can't say enough about them.
Originally Posted by
Dolphyngyrl
They are really great straight stitch machine, but if you do a lot of applique they really won't be useful for you so it depends on what type of quilting you do. From what I hear the straight stitch on those machines far outweigh the straight stitch on newer machines