My 301 collection is complete???

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03-05-2014, 07:58 AM

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Candace

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Originally Posted by amcatanzaro

Very nice.

I'm still waiting for mine. I keep finding Kenmores instead.

LOL. There sure are a lot of those around! It's funny, but most of the machines posted on my local CL are Kenmores. I own one of the flowered cased Kenmores and love it, but I know what you mean!

03-05-2014, 02:05 PM

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I got hooked on the 301's, too & still have 3 of them, but am downsizing and will have to sell some of mine. BUT, I'm keeping the one I bought last year because I wanted the #42 cabinet she sits in.

03-05-2014, 04:26 PM

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What's so special about 301's?

03-06-2014, 03:14 PM

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Candace

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What's so special about 301's?

Lots. There have been a ton of threads about 301's here if you do a search. They're many people's favorite vintage machine for quilting.

03-21-2014, 06:16 PM

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Looking at buying a 301??

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Originally Posted by Candace

This weekend I was able to pick up 2 more 301's. The two-tone is actually a duplicate of one I have already...but the longbed black has been my missing puzzle piece. I now have at least one of all the different short bed/ long bed color combinations. Does this mean I can stop at 6? I know I've sold at least 6 this year, so they seem to find me. I guess the only one I don't own is a centennial badge. But, I've been searching for a decent longbed black machine for a while.

I bought a Featherweight 221 I love, but when I get further along with piecing,into sewing the strips together, the throat(?) area is to small on Featherweight,so I am considering buying a nice Singer 301 on ebay..is there much more area in the 301 than 221???????
Looks like they operate very similarly..
thanx for any input in this 301 machine!
Carla/OR