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The only rare FW I own is an original tan colored one, they were only made for a few years. It cost me $550, 15 years ago.

Yes, I consider myself very lucky. I purchased 4 of my machines from private individuals. The tan was a fluke find, because from the pictures that were posted, I thought it was white, until the last picture, which included a brown case. White machines come in a cream and green case; tan machines come in a two-toned brown case. I honestly think the seller didn't know what a limited run of tans Singer made. I actually got that one for under $200. I am happy with all of mine, and have now started looking for a 222, which is the same as a 221, except it has the free-arm and the feed dogs drop, so you can FMQ with it without covering the feed dogs. But since those run in the thousands, I will continue to dream.

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Originally Posted by DonnaC (Post 6908658)

mckwilter, you must be one lucky devil to have gotten all of those from Ebay at that price!

I bought one a few months ago from a private party for $250. That is considered CHEAP for my area. Most are $300 and above and they don't seem to be very plentiful here. :)

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Originally Posted by mckwilter (Post 6909843)

I am happy with all of mine, and have now started looking for a 222, which is the same as a 221, except it has the free-arm and the feed dogs drop, so you can FMQ with it without covering the feed dogs. But since those run in the thousands, I will continue to dream.

I recently attended AQS Grand Rapids. The Jean Lyle booth was there and the lady had a FW set up. She was quilting on it...with a quilting foot and no covered feed dogs. I do long arm, but the draw of being able to take my FW with me when I travel AND quilt on it...that quilting foot came home with me! There was no pull on the fabric. I sat for quite a while and quilted on it.

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Originally Posted by Poodles (Post 6907639)

We looked for a feather weight for a very long time. One day my DH went into a shop that sells most things cheap to help people with their electric and other things. He came in with this machine for 20.00 and said I think I got you a feather weight and I thought he didn't have enough money to buy that. But he said he gave 20.00 for it. I looks like a feather weight, gold and all still good. Box is good but when I typed everything about it on the internet it came up saying this machine is a sister to the FW. Don't know what that means but the machine is so pretty and I have never taken it back out of its box.

If it is a 301, I'm jealous!! I see a lot of featherweights on craigslist but have yet to see a 301. A shop that sold old machines used to have a few but they closed up so now I don't even know where else to look.