Quiltingboard Forums - featherweight wool felt pads

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Originally Posted by newestnana (Post 5517964)

I just got my first featherweight yesterday...have to clean it up and hopefully get rid of the musty smell. Can I cut my own wool felt drip pad or is there something special about the purchased ones? I'm very excited about her and have already been sewing with her. Is that a mistake, since I don't know when she was last cleaned and oiled?

If you can remove the old drip pad (some have been glued down and will not come out in one piece) you can use it as a template and cut your own. But, I've purchase mine in the past as they're only a few bucks. I bought them from either Sew Classic or April's 30's shop.

You really ought to oil it and lube it per the manual if you have no idea when it was last done.