Okay, first of all I know I am hooked on vintage sewing machines as well as being addicted to fabric! I have 5 Featherweights----3 black (dating from 1938 to 1956) a white and a tan one. I also have a 99, 15-91, 201, and 319. I just LOVE and use each of these machines......if I had to name a favorite and most used, it would be the 1938 Featherweight.

The true ffeatherweight is either 221 or 222.

The only Featherweight is either the 221 or 222.

Harrishs, lovely pic of your featherweights! I own a white 221K and a black 221-1. I use mine for all my patchwork piecing, just love them, fantastic little machines. Mine were given to me as gifts from my dh, purchased for between 3 and 4 hundred.

Annie
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I went crazy a year or so ago and I now own 3 FWs. I plan to keep one and sell the other two as I do not use them at all (I prefer my 301). But I DO think they are the cutest things ever! They all have boxes (in used condition), too, and I just don't have enough room to store them all. Probably will offer two of them for reasonable amounts to board members in the not too distant future.

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I have a black one,it purrs like a kitten,every time I use it have to learn all over again.

Cheapeast i have ever seen for the 222 freearm FW is $700 and that was in London! I have purchased an white 221 for $30(estate sale) & my black one was $180 thru ebay . Love my 1950 black Fw..

the 66 an 99 are not featherweights. They are what has been called 3/4 size machines. I have two 99's and they sew wonderfully, but are certainly not a featherweight. My original 99 I bought in Waco TX for $25.00 in 1972. I bought my second 99 off of ebay for $29.00 plus shipping last year. Both are great.

I own 4 featherweights, 66,99k,15-90k and 201k and use them all.
All of the machines you mentioned sew a wonderful straight stitch and that's all they will do.
The 66 & 99 Singers are NOT featherweights, they weigh about 30-35 pounds, make a great straight stitch. People have figured out that we like older machines and are asking outrageous prices. I wouldn't pay any more than about $40 for the 66 & 99.
The 221 and 222 are, the latter is a free arm and more expensive than the 221. The 221 and 222 weigh about 11 & 12 pounds. The 221 featherweights go from $200 to lots more. The 222 usually starts about at about $500 and goes up from there.
Added pictures of some of my machines so you can see the difference between the models.
Sharon W.