My First Featherwieght, Meet Esmeralda

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05-23-2010, 07:35 PM

#41

Tallulah

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Originally Posted by MaryStoaks

The repaints cost a fortune to have painted! I have 4 originals and would love to find a repainted one that I could afford. There are professionals online who will paint Featherweights any color you like, if you can pay the price. They also sell them already painted in pretty colors, very expensive.

My brother, who can do anything, took one apart and painted it a beautiful shade of red. It was a big undertaking and took a lot of time to complete. I can understand why someone would charge a lot to repaint one. He did a wonderful job on the little machine.

05-24-2010, 07:03 AM

#42

gramquilter2

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Beautiful machine and a great price. You will love sewing with her. You should put her picture on the vintage machines site, you can get a lot of questions answered there.

05-25-2010, 07:01 PM

#43

zz-pd

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wow what a great new toy. enjoy. god bless. Penny

05-25-2010, 07:21 PM

#44

FLEnglishTeacher

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Katia, it makes me very happy to know that I am not the only unique person who names inanimate objects. I have a tangerine orange KitchenAid stand mixer that I named Spencer.

05-25-2010, 07:34 PM

#45

roseOfsharon

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Oh I just love the color .. she is lovely and I would not change a thing! I have just come into being the owner of two ! I was able to bid on Ebay and ended up with two! I have oiled and lubed them both ... ones light works and the other does not. So I will have to purchase one to replace it.(whole light fixture) I have only come up with a name for one *Mitzi* after my first cat who has passed. The second one I have not named as of yet. Enjoy your beauty!

Sharon

05-25-2010, 09:14 PM

#46

azam

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She's a beauty!

05-25-2010, 11:21 PM

#47

MissTreated

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She's a beauty! I had an old black one. Sold it at a garage sale before I ever started quilting. I've never stopped kicking myself for that one!

05-25-2010, 11:22 PM

#48

Mandie

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Beautiful! I am jealous I love the color

05-25-2010, 11:45 PM

#49

Katia

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Location: Nevada

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I really love her too. I do need to figure out how to keep the tension correct and the bobbin thingy working right. I gave her a good cleaning and I think I moved things I should not have. I guess I need to take a Featherweight maintenance class or something.

She is pretty to look at, but I want to be able to use her too.