eb in calif

from what I have seen only the featherweight - a 221 or 222 and the 301 or 301A have a tilt up table in the singers.

auntiehenno

Is it a rounded brown case. Singer also made these. I have a machine and that kind of case.

Gerbie

If you can find a post on any of the threads on the board from ChubbyBunny, in her avatar she has a pic. of a hot pink Featherweight. Her pic. should give you an idea of what you need to look for. The original fW's were mostly black, some white ones some tan ones and some green sort of olive green like. But most were black. They have a flip up piece to the left of the needle. Go to either of these sites and you can see some Featherweight RX.com or Desk Dave's.com at Desk Dave's he or someone else has refinished and repainted most of the featherweights he shows. very expensive, if I had extra funds I would jump on one of the purple or lilac ones or both, because I love the colors. These ARE NOT the original colors of the machines, but they are still FWS. The featherweights look like a child's toy really,and are so light weight. Good look, let us know what you get. If you can get a pic. of the machine you were looking at and post it on the board, we could tell you in a minute if it was a featherweight or not. You could also go to ebay and type in singer sewing machines or featherweights and see them. Someone always has one for sale on ther. If it doesn't say 221 for the pic. it isn't a real or the original featherweight. There is a 222k that has a lift up end for using the arm like modern machines do, but the 221 is the original featherweight. Hope we have helped you and not confused you.

Gerbie

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I just went to the ebay site, and entered singerfeatherweight on the search, on their first page there are many. There is a featherweight primo that they have and down further on the page there is a white one and on down a black one with the extension liftedup. There is also two others listed a featherweight tanish brown 301 big sister and a very late model singer featherweight 118 shown - neither of these are the TRUE featherweights. Check this out and you can see the difference. Hope this helps you out.

patdesign

Check out the little black machine that my pug is looking over, it is the shell of a stripped 221/Featherweight.:)

singerfeatherweight

I inherited from my Mother a Singer Featherweight Model 222 complete with the wooden table it fits into. Also, have the black carrying case, the manual, several Singer attachments for doing various things like embroidery, darning, button holer, etc. 6 bobbins and a bobbin holder, 8 packages of needles to do various things on the sewing machine, the foot petal and other various singer items that I am not certain what they are for. The machine looks brand new cause my Mom took really good care of it. All of it looks brand new. I have had it appraised and was told it was a very rare sewing machine. I have no sentimental attachment to it and hope to find someone that would want it.

Holice

Check the bobbin. If a shuttle bobbin I would probably not get it regardless of the cost.

annesthreads

Here's a photo of my gorgeous FW. You can't mistake them - they're small! If you look just to the left of the presser foot, you can see where it folds up.

Daylesewblessed

I enjoy learning about the history of vintage machines and am interested in what motivated Singer to introduce a half size light weight model when it did. I just have a hard time thinking that there were enough stewardesses in 1933 to be considered a viable market niche by Singer. I know that during the 30's the U.S. was becoming a more mobile society, which would mean there could have been more demand for portables. I wonder how the price of a FW in the 30's compared to other Singer portable models or cabinet models for that matter. I guess I could check the Singer records to see how many were manufactured over the years to see what happened after the war. It seems like most of the ones I see now are from the late 1940's or early 1950's. It is a fascinating subject!

Dayle

nhweaver

I agree with hobbykat. The vintage machines are simple to fix, and I am a klutz and dislexic (spelling ugh), and I have changed a belt, oiled it, cleaned out grease, and put on new feet. They are simple, excellently engineered for the homemaker.