purplefiend

I like the Featherweight because its a great little machine, sews well, doesn't give attitude and sews a beautiful stitch. I have four FWs a tan and 3 black. I have had all the original colors, had 6 at one point. I clean them up
and make a new owner happy by selling one every so often when I need to thin the herd.
I wanted to see just what it would sew and I made a corduroy jacket with mine and it preformed beautifully.
You can see it in the following picture, it has since gone
to a new home; its too large for me now.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719rygnnj

Sharon W.

judy_68

I have 2 featherweights and don't use them much yet but I love them and would buy another one probably. lol Just something about them.
Judy in Ohio

hobo2000

Other than being the most perfect piecing machine with beautiful stitches that I can repair by myself and its the same age as me 1938. It is the only machine that I can sit in front of the TV with my family and sew and it is so quiet it does not annoy any of them or me. I can carry it with one
hand and everything else, fits in my toe with fabric etc. to go to class. Never been to a repairman. So whats not to like..

Lorraine Barksdale

California Grandma, I am. I too have a Featherweight. It is one year younger than I am. Also I have a Spartan which seems to be a take-off from a Featherweight. Reading where the parts were made it seems like England and Canada were the places. It too, sews like a dream. Dealers tell me there isn't much value in them!!! Just wait.

California Granma

Mornigstar

My FW is the only thing I got from estate when my mom died.
I learnt to sew on it in 1950 at 8 yrs.
For a while I belonged to "Featherweight Fanatics" on the web but don't know if it still exists.
I was very fortunate to meet a nice man in Tampa Fl. Glen Williams who did a clean/repair. Then got to buy a 2000
Millennium Special Calendar showing antique sew machines.
FW was mom's pride and joy and well cared for---
But, I need the oval original oil can - although I bought one very overpriced thru ebay--I got took --not the right kind.
If anyone will sell can please pm as I definitely want one.
Will keep trying to find original one.

pinkquilter

I have a Janome 6600 and a Baby Lock, but I prefer sewing on my featherweight. There is something special about sewing a quilt on an antique machine. I can't describe it, but it feels right.

pinkquilter

I live in Tampa, and Glenn Williams is great. He cleans, repairs and has any part you want or need. I have bought several things from him, including a new belt for my treadle machine. He will mail things to you.

Doreen

Here are my 2 cents...Featherweights are easy to carry to where ever. They will sew leather without any problems. .Besides they are things of beauty. They are little work horses! Parts are still available. They just fly out of Ebay.

That's why they are so special!

knitternoodle

I feel so fortunate to be the proud keeper of a 1937 FW.
She is 73 now so not as slick and pretty as she once was but I'm still happy to have her in my sewing room. She can still outsew lots of other machines. I have a tol Pfaff which I just love but the FW is a great backup machine. Like everyone has already said, so lightweight and easy to take to class. I'm looking to buy another one to keep her company.

treeseek quilter

I just bought my first FW 221-1 on ebay just now. I paid
$218.50. Is that a decent price?