Tell Me Why??
05-04-2011, 02:02 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by raedar63
A Fad among quilters perhaps? I can see collecting about anything, heck I collect rocks. I see your point some spend literally thousands on a fancy machine and then have to have a featherweight. I am thinking it is the "in thing"
I carry them on the plane, the train, the bus. I have carried one down a really tall mountain and across international borders. I love rocks!!
05-04-2011, 02:11 PM
#52
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I resisted the mania for a long time... until I found one that was for sale for cheap. I can use it if I want to, but i just love looking at it. I'm currently using it as a bookend for my little bolts of quilting fabrics that are stacked in my quilting bookcase like books.
There's no way I'd spend $400 for one. Not when there were millions of them made and still in circulation.
There are MANY cool old sewing machine models you can love and enjoy using, and most are very cheap compared to a featherweight.
There's no way I'd spend $400 for one. Not when there were millions of them made and still in circulation.
There are MANY cool old sewing machine models you can love and enjoy using, and most are very cheap compared to a featherweight.
05-04-2011, 02:13 PM
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IMHO SO cute and like other collectors, we love the antique warhorse sewing machine. I love my new dvd's and cd's but I also have 8-track, cassettes, 48's, 78's and all the other memorabilia. They don't make them like they used to. It was hard to break a FW. One's personal preferance.
Somewhere on another thread, a member said "She laughed when Status and Featherweight were used in the same sentence". And??????????????????? Who are we to make jest of what others consider important? We are all collectors or one thing or another, if not, then you need to start. LOL. Oops, did I just get opinionated too? My bad.
Somewhere on another thread, a member said "She laughed when Status and Featherweight were used in the same sentence". And??????????????????? Who are we to make jest of what others consider important? We are all collectors or one thing or another, if not, then you need to start. LOL. Oops, did I just get opinionated too? My bad.
05-04-2011, 03:36 PM
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I've had my FW since 1951 and have hand carried it all over the world. My DH was a career Army officer for 31 years. Made all my daughter's and my clothes and started making quilts with it 28 years ago. I still use it daily and love it. I also have a Kenmore and a Janome and at one time had a Bernina.
Happy sewing, Kutnso
Happy sewing, Kutnso
05-04-2011, 05:36 PM
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Pollyv9,
The Featherweight only weighs 11 pounds out of its case;
makes a beautiful stitch too. They are not a fad, such a dependable and durable machine; very well made.
I have 3 of them and they get used quite a bit for workshops and at quilting bee. I have my fancy machines and I like them when I make garments and for quilting.
Sharon W.
The Featherweight only weighs 11 pounds out of its case;
makes a beautiful stitch too. They are not a fad, such a dependable and durable machine; very well made.
I have 3 of them and they get used quite a bit for workshops and at quilting bee. I have my fancy machines and I like them when I make garments and for quilting.
Sharon W.
05-04-2011, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mic-pa
Originally Posted by Riversong
What is the fascination with Featherweights ?? I think they are cool to look at,but I have spent years longing for a machine with a few bells and whistles,and finally got a nice one.Is it just a thing to look at or do you USE them? I would sure miss my thread cutter and needle down feature!
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