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.

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.

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

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.

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

She's a beauty!

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!

Beautiful! I am jealous I love the color

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.

So cute

we love it, and the pretty color, good deal!

I went yesterday to a cute little quilt shop in Vegas that I had not been to before. I asked about the Featherweight club that they have. And told her about my new FW and the tension problem. She showed me what I had been doing wrong and how to fix it. It was such a simple thing. I showed my husband what she had said and we fixed it, and now she sews like a dream. I ordered some Singer lube and some new rubber cushions for her and some bobbins.

My husband now sees the value in these little beauties and keeps telling me to bid on others on Ebay. I guess I should start putting up auctions for all the stuff around here that I got to sell on Ebay so I would have extra to spend on more sewing machines.

I am so glad to hear someone else anme their machines,, I was beginning to think I was loosing it!LOL.. I named my car as well,, My dodge stratus is my little lady,, and my brother sewing machine ( which is new, but basic,, Iam a new quilter,,lol) I named her princess,,, ( as I am the queen,,lol)

Cute, Cute, Cute!

:mrgreen: :thumbup: Definitely green with envy in your fantastic find!! Enjoy your beauty Esmeralda!!