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clsurz 06-23-2011 07:35 AM

Anyone have one?

I ordered one over the weekend and it is being delivered today by FedEx.

Anxiously waiting on it. :-)

Country1 06-23-2011 07:42 AM

I assume this is a new machine, not an old one?

featherweight 06-23-2011 07:43 AM

Very lite weight. Sure doesn't compare to the older featherweihgts. It will be great for you to take to classes. Enjoy your new machine...

jaciqltznok 06-23-2011 07:50 AM

go to the flooring store and buy you a carpet sample that is bound all the way around..you will need to put the machine on top of this to keep it from bouncing around when you sew...they are TOO lightweight!

clsurz 06-23-2011 07:57 AM

That is why I purchased it because it is lightweight besides all the computerization of it. Also to take with me when I go twice a week to socialize with other sewers/quilters.

I also wanted it to do more than just a straight stitch like the old featherweights do.

HSN was offering it for over $400 and I got it from JoAnn's for a little over $230 for a one day sale they had going on. Couldn't see paying over $400 for it on HSN just because it had a added bundle. They wanted that much with the added bundle and looking up retail value of those items they still were charging over $50 more than if I got it in a retail store.

I have the Singer Futura 2000 which I primarily use for embroidery, photo stitching, auto-punch, cross stitching. It's also a sewing/serger machine but I don't want to be bothered changing it over just to sew therefore it is set up as an embroidery machine.

Right now I've been using the Brother SQ9000 for sewing and taking with me and it is a good little work horse for sure but needed something lighter so opted for the computerized featherweight.

My 8 yr old GD likes to use my mini Janome when she goes with me to these places and also likes to use the Brother SQ9000 when she comes here so I will keep that one for her and I'll use the featherweight.

clsurz 06-23-2011 07:58 AM


Originally Posted by Country1
I assume this is a new machine, not an old one?

Old featherweights were never computerized.

clsurz 06-23-2011 08:02 AM


Originally Posted by featherweight
Very lite weight. Sure doesn't compare to the older featherweihgts. It will be great for you to take to classes. Enjoy your new machine...

Doesn't compare how?

DonnaC 06-23-2011 09:28 AM

If it's the new Featherweight 75, I own one, and I love the machine. It sewed perfectly right out of the box, and I have had no problems with the tension or anything else about it. It is not my main machine, but I do use it frequently. I think you'll enjoy it!

By the way, don't worry about people saying it doesn't compare to the antique featherweights. That's true in a lot of ways, I suppose. Plus there are lots of antique machine users and collectors on this board who love their old featherweights, but let's face it, they are hard to find and don't have a lot of the features that some of us might want. It certainly doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the new ones, it's just a personal preference.

sueisallaboutquilts 06-23-2011 09:45 AM

I haven't heard of it but you have me curious now. Post a pic when you get it??
I love looking at machines :D

QuiltnNan 06-23-2011 09:46 AM

I just had to google it to see what it looked like http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp22409.html
it's definitely not as cute as the vintage FWs.


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