Featherweight Club (Do you have a Featherweight if so post here so you can all chit chat) Everyone is Welcome!
05-22-2011, 01:47 PM
#182
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ontarios West Coast Canada
Posts: 388
I have 4 and they all sew perfectly straight. That is one thing that I really like about them besides they travel well to classes or retreats. Also sew on one at home, leave one up in another room for a project which has no time limit. They are a super machine. Have them for a fews years already when they were low in price. I have one also which belongs to a freind in Australia, which they will pick up along with other articals when they come back this way on holiday.
05-22-2011, 01:52 PM
#183
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
Originally Posted by wilma A
is the 301a in the feather weight family? i have one that was given to me by my sister but i can't get it to sew the needle seems to be hitting on something and i cain't figure out what it is hitting.
The flat of the needle goes in with the flat side to the left. Threads from right to left.
The 301 uses the same bobbins as the 221 fw.
05-22-2011, 01:55 PM
#184
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
I started collecting featherweights and 301s about 10 years ago, at one point I had 5 of each. I'm down to one black 301 short bed. The Featherweights are:A tan,2 black 1957 and 1951 centennial. They all sew a wonderful stitch.
tan fw: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719zGfuIl
1957 Fw: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719BEikkV
1951 FW: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719RPhOaW
Sharon W.
tan fw: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719zGfuIl
1957 Fw: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719BEikkV
1951 FW: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719RPhOaW
Sharon W.
05-22-2011, 02:04 PM
#185
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 2,103
Originally Posted by libber
Check out the following.... these people have such integrity, a huge knowledge base, no shipping charges in the U.S. and always answer email promptly.
www.april1930s.com
And yes, there really is an April, she and her husband own the business.
www.april1930s.com
And yes, there really is an April, she and her husband own the business.
05-22-2011, 02:12 PM
#188
Super Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Originally Posted by Lostn51
Originally Posted by FroggyinTexas
I went into the local Singer sales/repair shop several weeks ago and in the course of my conversation with the owner, spoke with him about Featherweights.
"They are work horses and practically indestructible and my wife nagged me until I found one for her," he said. "But I think buying one and carrying it to workshops and so on is about like continuing to drive a Model T Ford when you have the choice of driving a new Lincoln. Modern machines will just do so much more."
"They are work horses and practically indestructible and my wife nagged me until I found one for her," he said. "But I think buying one and carrying it to workshops and so on is about like continuing to drive a Model T Ford when you have the choice of driving a new Lincoln. Modern machines will just do so much more."
Billy
05-22-2011, 02:13 PM
#189
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 117
Wow, Am I the only person with a FW machine from the 60's? Everyone else is posting earlier date machines. Just wondering if I goofed and should have gotten an earlier date one. :oops: Still learning lots here.
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