Sewing leather with Singer Featherweight
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Thank you Rain. We had a lot of questions on here at that time about cleaning a FW. We had a lot of fun with mom that day. She loved loved loved that manual reprint in large print. Her original manual was half missing very small. The machine seriously needed TLC. Mom was fearless when she sewed on that machine. She can't sew these days but she keeps the machine around just in case she wants to sew something.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Back when people didn't have the disposable money we have had in recent history, and when these machines were new, they usually had one machine. And they'd do whatever needed done on that one machine. Many folks used FWs for things they were not designed to do, like sew leather and got away with it. But as has been said the FW is small, has a low power motor with little real torque, and is just generally not made for leather.
Our little machine is a 48 vintage, I believe, and sews well. I have no intention of ruining it and would sew nothing heavier than suede or denim with it.
For heavier leather, get a 66, or a 15-91 or a 201-2.
Joe
Our little machine is a 48 vintage, I believe, and sews well. I have no intention of ruining it and would sew nothing heavier than suede or denim with it.
For heavier leather, get a 66, or a 15-91 or a 201-2.
Joe
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