Originally Posted by
QuiltingJaguar
What qualifies a featherweight machine.?? Is it the year it was made or that extra lip on it?
The Singer models 221 and 222 are referred to as Featherweights.
Singer is making a modern machine that they have labeled as "Featherweights," but they are nothing like the vintage FW's that are all metal, half-size, straight-stitch machines.