I Purchased a Featherweight 221K!
 

I went to "look" at what this seller had to offer today and he had 4 221k's and 1 222k free arm (Hope I got the number right) that were his mothers.

After examining all the 221k's I decided on this one as it seemed the cleanest, came with the most stuff and sewed well right off the bat. The case is a little scratched, but it doesn't smell at all.

She is a 1946 model, made in New Jersey. She sews a wonderful stitch.

I haven't cleaned her up yet...I'll have to do some research to see what is the best way to do that....But, here she is.

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Watson, Proud owner of a Featherweight!

He also has a 222k free arm there in mint condition for $1450.00 Canadian if anyone is interested. (That would be just over $1000.00 USD) I wouldn't mind taking it to the US for you to ship it. PM me if that's of interest to anyone.

Watson

wow, beautiful. congrats

Congratulations on you beautiful little machine. She looks cleaned and ready to go. Enjoy.

I have one they are so cute and small

Congrats! I'm so glad you found one. I was sewing on my white FW today. I just love those little machines.

There is a website that gives lots of information on maintenance/servicing of featherweights. Sorry I don’t know the web address but I know someone on here will. LOL

I have a 1946 too! Also from Elizabeth, NJ. I love how she hums when she is sewing.����

Congratulations! She's very pretty.

Thanks, WorkBench...didn't know that.

Watson

a featherweight is the only machine I sew on.

A very proud owner, your machine looks wonderful!

Congratulations, I love mine.

Congratulations! I have two featherweights. They are little workhorses and they stitch beautifully. Check out Nova Montgomery’s website and featherweight videos. Enjoy!

Congrats! I'm sure you'll enjoy her as much as I enjoy mine.

congrats and welcome to the FW club! I love my little machines so easy to care for.

Congrats on the machine- they are fun to sew on.

She's a purdy one! Have fun!

I've just spent 3 days piecing on my white FW that I bought at the estate sale. It just hums along and is a joy to work on. You're going to love yours.

Beautiful machine Watson! Good luck with jt!

Watson, I'm so happy you found one. There is something very special about these babies! You are going to love it.

I have a Featherweight 221. I bought it a few years ago, and use it occasionally. It had the straight foot on it. And because my "new" machine broke down and is in the shop, I set up the Featherweight to use. It came with the wider zigzag foot, and I wanted to try that to see if it would work better to hang on to the fabric. Well that is a long shank---and my machine takes a short shank foot. Does anyone have an extra short shank zig zag foot that they would want to trade or sell?

Congratulations! I love my little featherweight. It is my traveling machine. Someday I would like to get the extension table since I am used to sewing with a machine set into a cabinet, but it isn't an urgent need. (That would mean other item to take along.) Anyway - I also have the zig zag attachment and an embroidery attachment for my 15-91, which says they will work on the featherweight as well. I have not tried it on my featherweights since I have a Janome MC6600P which has more stitches and so does my Husqvarna Designer Topaz sewing/embroidery machine. But I did try them on the 15-91 and just laughed at how the attachments threw the fabric back and forth. Not sure what I was expecting and more impressed my mother used them all the time when I was growing up.

I have two of the little beauties. I have 2 granddaughters that will get them if they want to sew. I will need to set them up in my studio once I’m out there full time