What a great find! Its a good thing you got there before I did.

:thumbup:

AWESOME!!!!! I just bought a Singer Featherweight, would have bought this had I seen it first.

hmmm... want to trade? ;-)

The featherweight is a known commodity, great for its stitch quality and portability. This machine is very pretty, but I have no idea how well it will sew. And it's way too heavy to take to classes.

I want a featherweight and cannot afford one.

Keep looking. Occasionally you can find a bargain.

I just did google search for butterfly sewing machine and found several sites, would have pasted them over but don't know how to do that yet. I too would have bought the machine --- I love butterflies as well. Enjoy your new purchase!!!

It is SO pretty! I'm glad you bought it!

This looks like a machine my mom owns that is currently on display at the county fair - b/c it's pretty! I'll ask her if she knows anything about it - she might. She "collects" machines - 45 and counting!

Wow you got a beauty. Sounds like a good reason to buy it to me. I got a very old treadle and took it to my repair man to put on a belt and fix it up. He found the manual on line and a picture of the model at the Smithsonian. Interestingly it is missing the plate by the needle and so is the one at the Smithsonian. So he says if they can't find it he can't!! Enjoy!

Wow !! you have a treasure. I have never seen one of them,I would have bought it too. I love the scroll work on the end plate. Hope you find some info about it. Enjoy !!!

Dunster, I am so glad you got that one. I almost bid on one on ebay, but I just couldn't justify buying another machine since I just had a Kingston come in last tuesday.Enjoy

Can't help, but what a beautiful machine. Hope you find the info you need.

That is a very beautiful machine. Sorry I can not help with information. Good luck

I may want to sell my 1938 FW soon....I already have an 1950 that i only use mostly. Anybody get with me on pm and we'll discuss more on this? In no hurry to sell though, it looks just like my 1950 but seems to be more quieter.

Pretty machine. I love the buterfly face plate. Try Bilky or maybe Desk Dave, and one of them might be able to help out.

It is a beauty. I don't know a thing about it, but I would have purchased it, too.

Sorry cann't help but it sure is a pretty machine

What a beautiful machine.. I bet she sews perfectly.. Most of those old iron work horse machines do. I love old machines.. You have one that's pretty enough to display even if it never sewed a stitch!

ditto~

have not seen this machine before, but from the "bright" gold
of the decals, it looks like a recent clone of a Singer. find a manual of a Singer 15 series & I'll bet it will match.
sturdy machines, just not vintage. beautiful !

go yo ismacs digest - they can help - ck site out.
lovely machine

Hey Fladack,

send us the name and serial number of your treadle (model if you know it) and we will check to see if we can find a front bobbin plate for it.

Between Charlee and Billy, we are all learning a lot about parts hunting.

Aardie

Gorgeous machine. Lucky you- I would have bought it also.

Look into the web group called ISMACS International: http://www.ismacs.net. They have LOTS of info on old machines.

I know! That is a great site, and I visit it frequently. Thanks for the reminder.

Love it!!!!

Wow that is pretty and look at that throat space, you are a lucky lady. God bless. Penny

I also bought 1 of these! It was so pretty I had to have it. Now that I have it, it is sitting collecting dust and taking up space. May I ask what you paid for yours? I am going to sell mine at a garage sale and wondering what a fair price would be. I got mine for $25 and the case is still in mint condition. I have had it for quite awhile now.

I bought 2 machines (different types) at the same time. The seller wanted $50 for each, and she accepted $80 for the pair. I think I will probably sell both after I clean them up and test them out, because I have too many machines and not enough time. I bought this one just because I thought it was so pretty, and I'm hoping someone else will want it for the same reason. Any takers out there?

Beautiful machine! I Love the decals. I would have picked it up myself it's so pretty. Did it come with any attachments?
Let us know how she sews when she's all tuned up.
Faith
:-D

I know nothing about old sewing machines, but I would have bought it just because it is so pretty!

your new featherweight is a whole lot more portable, you need a forklift for the pretty "Butterfly" machine. I love my treadle machines, but taking a FW to quilting bee is so much easier.
:lol: :-D

Tiatoons,
Have you sewed with yours yet? I'm interested to know how it does. The old Singer treadles I have are so smooth!

Most likely your 1938 was used more. I had a 1940 FW that had no decals or shiny paint left anymore and it sewed
smoother and quieter than my 1954 FW that is so pretty.
Here is her picture.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719uxejnX

Wish I could help...but just had to chime in on what a beautiful machine it is! Lucky you! :mrgreen:

Sorry, duplicate post.

Here's part of your ID problem. Companies to capture more of the market did 2 things- put popular topics or names on the machines- such as Universal (universal pictures). The goal of Sears was to convince women they needed a new machine yearly through the machine was the same the scrolling and name would change. National sewing machine company as well as White and others made machines under other names (badge names) for places like Marshall Fields. Because they did not put their own info on the machine they are hard to trace- one odd place to check for info is the underside of the slide bobbin cover. Also to complicate matters further in ID is after WWII the US gave the plans for the Singer 15 and a few others to the Japanese to retool their weapons factors to make items like sewing machines to recover their economy. the American market was flooded with over 5,000 badge names. Several other Europian companies did the same thing after the war as the belief was mistrust in the US of Europe would hurt sales. Try these 2 places for help
International Sewing Machine Collectors Society and the Japanese Collectors Group on Yahoo. Both are great resources and someone may know more. One machine did cause an international rift. The American Beauty- it was made in Japan. Law suits were launched to stop it. We recently worked on and sold an early 1950's American Beauty that was in Mint condition. It was facinating with over 80 built in stitches

Here's part of your ID problem. Companies to capture more of the market did 2 things- put popular topics or names on the machines- such as Universal (universal pictures). The goal of Sears was to convince women they needed a new machine yearly through the machine was the same the scrolling and name would change. National sewing machine company as well as White and others made machines under other names (badge names) for places like Marshall Fields. Because they did not put their own info on the machine they are hard to trace- one odd place to check for info is the underside of the slide bobbin cover. Also to complicate matters further in ID is after WWII the US gave the plans for the Singer 15 and a few others to the Japanese to retool their weapons factors to make items like sewing machines to recover their economy. the American market was flooded with over 5,000 badge names. Several other Europian companies did the same thing after the war as the belief was mistrust in the US of Europe would hurt sales. Try these 2 places for help
International Sewing Machine Collectors Society and the Japanese Collectors Group on Yahoo. Both are great resources and someone may know more. One machine did cause an international rift. The American Beauty- it was made in Japan. Law suits were launched to stop it. We recently worked on and sold an early 1950's American Beauty that was in Mint condition. It was facinating with over 80 built in stitches

I would have bought it too. It's beautiful!

It is pretty! Never heard of Butterfly. Google it and see what comes up.