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#961
Ran across this featherweight, online estate sale auction in Dickenson, TX, 21 hrs remaining, and it's currently at $155. Looks decent, and looks like it has the case and accessories
http://www.texasauctions.biz/online_...em.php/1017460
http://www.texasauctions.biz/online_...em.php/1017460
#965
Here's my featherweight story:
I had been dreaming of becoming a featherweight owner for years. About a year ago, I began seriously looking on eBay, but they were going for between $400-600 for a good, clean one with extras. One day, I happened to click on "Buy It Now" and sorted according to "newly listed". There, at the top of the page was a 221 Featherweight Centennial Edition, excellent condition, decals intact, with two sets of attachments, 2 keys, original manual, case in very good condition, lubricant (no oil can, unfortunately). It was $225 Buy It Now with free shipping.
With each click on another photo, my heart rate increased. I couldn't click "Buy It Now" fast enough!
Waiting for my new baby to arrive was pure torture! She is in perfect running order, purrs like a kitten! I use her every time I have a sewing session away from home.
I did later purchase an incremented throat plate, so that I can now sew a perfect 1/4" seam. That cost me over $40, but well worth it!
I love my new baby...named her "Violet".
I had been dreaming of becoming a featherweight owner for years. About a year ago, I began seriously looking on eBay, but they were going for between $400-600 for a good, clean one with extras. One day, I happened to click on "Buy It Now" and sorted according to "newly listed". There, at the top of the page was a 221 Featherweight Centennial Edition, excellent condition, decals intact, with two sets of attachments, 2 keys, original manual, case in very good condition, lubricant (no oil can, unfortunately). It was $225 Buy It Now with free shipping.
With each click on another photo, my heart rate increased. I couldn't click "Buy It Now" fast enough!
Waiting for my new baby to arrive was pure torture! She is in perfect running order, purrs like a kitten! I use her every time I have a sewing session away from home.
I did later purchase an incremented throat plate, so that I can now sew a perfect 1/4" seam. That cost me over $40, but well worth it!
I love my new baby...named her "Violet".
#966
Oh, by the way, if anyone is seriously considering purchasing a featherweight, I would highly recommend getting the book Featherweight 221: The Perfect Portable and Its Stitches Across History by Nancy Johnson-Srebro. It's a terrific reference book and includes a copy of the manual.
#969
I am just getting into the dvds, as they arrived 3 days ago. He goes through every little detail, and you can stop the dvd as you go through, to do immediately what he has demonstrated. I like them so far. I do not have the book you are referring to, so cannot speak to any duplication of material.
I am a visual learner, and pick up things better if I see them, as compared to reading about them. For me, the dvds are proving very worth the price.
I am a visual learner, and pick up things better if I see them, as compared to reading about them. For me, the dvds are proving very worth the price.
#970
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: in front of this dang computer instead of my Bernina!(Naples, Florida)
Posts: 1,653
My newest baby
This is Billy Jo, my 1957. She came with this lovely table without a scratch on it. But I already have a 1947 FW, so one of these girls will have to go. Just as soon as I decide... don't hold your breath, lol. But the table is mine!
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