Hey that's way cool, I collect rocks too!! I bring them home with me from everywhere I go that it is legal. ahem...
I carry them on the plane, the train, the bus. I have carried one down a really tall mountain and across international borders. I love rocks!!

I resisted the mania for a long time... until I found one that was for sale for cheap. I can use it if I want to, but i just love looking at it. I'm currently using it as a bookend for my little bolts of quilting fabrics that are stacked in my quilting bookcase like books.

There's no way I'd spend $400 for one. Not when there were millions of them made and still in circulation.

There are MANY cool old sewing machine models you can love and enjoy using, and most are very cheap compared to a featherweight.

IMHO SO cute and like other collectors, we love the antique warhorse sewing machine. I love my new dvd's and cd's but I also have 8-track, cassettes, 48's, 78's and all the other memorabilia. They don't make them like they used to. It was hard to break a FW. One's personal preferance.

Somewhere on another thread, a member said "She laughed when Status and Featherweight were used in the same sentence". And??????????????????? Who are we to make jest of what others consider important? We are all collectors or one thing or another, if not, then you need to start. LOL. Oops, did I just get opinionated too? My bad.

It;s a click sort of thing on a way. They are a good mchine that does a great straight stitch, easy to store and transport, but they re only a stright stich and have a small bed.

It wasn't that long ago that I was with you Riversong but this board and the FW 'cuteness' has won me over. I would like to have one someday. :oops:

I've had my FW since 1951 and have hand carried it all over the world. My DH was a career Army officer for 31 years. Made all my daughter's and my clothes and started making quilts with it 28 years ago. I still use it daily and love it. I also have a Kenmore and a Janome and at one time had a Bernina.
Happy sewing, Kutnso

I agreed with you. I don't think I would like an old machine! But I hear they are lighter to pack around.

Pollyv9,
The Featherweight only weighs 11 pounds out of its case;
makes a beautiful stitch too. They are not a fad, such a dependable and durable machine; very well made.
I have 3 of them and they get used quite a bit for workshops and at quilting bee. I have my fancy machines and I like them when I make garments and for quilting.
Sharon W.

Me, too. froggyintexas

I love my featherweight. It sews thick stuff like nobodys business.