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My Featherweight is here!!!!

Old 01-08-2011, 07:40 PM
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Doing the Happy Dance!!!! FW's are such awesome little girls!!!
Have fun with her!!!!!!!! :D
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Old 01-09-2011, 04:26 AM
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She is beautiful.
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Old 01-09-2011, 08:14 AM
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Congrats! Have fun! I am waiting for mine to arrive soon!!
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Old 01-09-2011, 11:25 AM
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I have a 1941 Featherweight that I found when I cleaned out my in-laws home a couple of years ago - you will love using yours for quilt tops. I found the best book for learning all about your Featherweight and how to maintain it - it's called The Featherweight 221 and I by David McCallum. You can email him at :
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www.featherweight221.com.
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Old 01-09-2011, 12:13 PM
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Your FW is fantastic. I hope you enjoy sewing on it as much as I do mine. They are a great little machine for piecing.
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Old 01-09-2011, 12:27 PM
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Lovely! Welcome to the club! I went from one to three in a month or two. Actually, I got my first, took it to a Singer dealer looking for bobbins etc, and got my 2nd, within 2 hrs. They attract one another. I have many machines, but love the feel, smell, look, sound, and stitch on these beauties. Haven't tasted them yet....hmmmm....
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Old 01-09-2011, 01:37 PM
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I was wondering, exactly what is a feather weight? Is it just a plain machine used for straight stitch and especially for piecing? I worked in a factory once where I sewed on labels in the neck of shirts. The machine was tiny but very fast. You could zip around those 1x2 inch labels very fast. I wish I had one of them. of course you had to sew in a lot of labels in a day to make minium wages.
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Old 01-09-2011, 01:46 PM
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It's sure pretty!!
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Old 01-09-2011, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jeandriggers
I was wondering, exactly what is a feather weight? Is it just a plain machine used for straight stitch and especially for piecing? I worked in a factory once where I sewed on labels in the neck of shirts. The machine was tiny but very fast. You could zip around those 1x2 inch labels very fast. I wish I had one of them. of course you had to sew in a lot of labels in a day to make minium wages.
Just go up to search and enter "Featherweight"... You will get opinions and pictures and all kinds of facts about the little dream machine!!!
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Old 01-09-2011, 03:13 PM
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Mine was born in '54! Her name is "Sharon" for my sister who gave her to me!!
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