I'm doing the HAPPY DANCE with you on this deal!!!!

purplefiend....omgoodness! I envy u but glad that you have all the fw's and using them! If u ever want to sell one....i would love to have another one for my 3rd GD....promised them all one in my will. :lol:

I've seen white ones on Ebay for up to $800.00. They were not in as good a shape. Enjoy her ,I love my black one. Congrads.

Some sellers think because its an old machine it must be worth a fortune. Idiots! People selling on Craig's List have the same ideas, I've seen listings for a treadle machine for $300 and the poor thing's cabinet is falling apart and the machine a rusted hulk. :roll:
Sharon W.

Nice part about Feather Weights is that if you have the book, you can service them yourself and not have to take it in all the time unless there is a problem. But you will find that they have far less problems than the new machines. It is simple sewing and reverse. Mine has never been in the shop for anything. If you take the bottom off you will see some big cogs, and there is a grease that should be sort of a yellow clear grease. If it is dark, then replace it and you might want to take it in to have it done if you or your hubby don't have it or want to tackle it. Mine had grease so he wiped most of it off and then used solvent to remove the rest. let it dry and then put clean grease back on it and hand turned it a few times to get it incorporated into the cogs and then just ran it a few seconds. It was good to go then. Jan

You got a buttonhole attachment, I have one haven't used in years. Now what did you pay for the machine, I have a lite green fw paid $125. about 10 years ago.

You should call it HAPPY because you sure are happy you found it!

Someonelse probably came up with the answer already, but here's my 2 cents worth. The 'attachment' is most likely the buttonholer, and the cams were for different styles of buttonhole. I know there was a 'keyhole' or two, and straight ones. It has been a LONG time since I used something like that! Have fun! :thumbup:

Great find enjoy enjoy enjoy....

The item in green box is the buttonhole maker, and the other foot is a zipper foot...

The zipper foot is for other singer machines, but if not mistaken, upi can move it over? Name her after the nice lady that sold it to you.

In the book it has the date that corresponds to your machine . Turn it up on end so your looking at the bobbin area. There are a series of numbers. Copy then down and then go to the chart and see. You may have to go to the website if it was made in Britain. Jan

What a steal! It is beautiful.

Ok, help me here. I understand the collector thing, because my whole house is an omage (sp) to collections of one thing or another, but I have an old singer sewing machine that my grandmother used back in the 40's and there's no way I would want to use that smelly old thing. I've seen the Featherweights at my LQS for sale, the boxes smell moldy (they've come out with new ones). Everytime this one quilter lady comes to a class and sits behind me and whips out the Featherweight, I start sneezing and my nose blocks up. What's up with that?

My question is why would you use that one when you can use your pretty new ones, or are the featherweights just for decoration?

KATHOME....thanks for your info.
Thank u all for the comments/info.... the lite green ones really cute. Sometimes..when i have the machine on one place it has that celery green hues to it and other time/places it is the white color!