Daylesewblessed

It is true that they can be found at garage sales -- I found two of them at one sale a few years back. It was actually an estate/garage sale. The lady had been a sewing instructor for the local Singer shop in the 1950's. Anyway, one worked fine, and I sold it on Ebay. The other one didn't work, and I gave it to my "fix-it" friend who had been looking for one for years. She took off the outer shell and found that a spring was detached, hooked it up again, and was good to go. I will be her friend forever.

ThayerRags

Is that one in the OP even all there?

CD in Oklahoma

mlmack

Can't tell if the presser bar attaching screw is there, but it look complete otherwise. There isn't much to them.

melmerr1

do you really think they know which of the 4 items is making the bidding do up??

Jeanette Frantz

If not for reading and learning from this Board, I would have NO idea which item was causing the bidding to go up. That being said, anyone who would pay $300+ for four buttonholers has no idea what they're bidding on. I've bought buttonholers (new) for $5. I would never pay that much for that walking foot! A machine, maybe, well, I don't know, I really have more machines that I have room right now!

Jeanette

mlmack

Absolutely. Those buttonhole attachments aren't worth anything, comparatively speaking.

psychonurse

Joe Miller or another collector::;;
how does the turquoise looking box fit into the FW scheme?

please post a pic of the penguin foot by it self pls. thank you

mlmack

Not Joe or a collector, but the buttonhole attachment in the turquoise case goes later machines and not the Featherweight. The turquoise case was for straight shank machines, and there is one in a pink case that was for slant shank machines.

nwm50

The peguin foot is worth this price alone! They are hard to find. A friend has one and paid 350 for it.

J Miller

The button holler in the light green egg shaped box is simply a new version of the low shank button holler.
Green or light green boxed button hollers is for low shank machines,
Red or pink boxed button hollers are for slant shank machines.

I didn't know the newer ones won't work on the FW. Never tried them on ours.

I don't have any pics of a Penguin WF (I don't have one either). The best one I've seen is the last pic in the GW auction.

Maybe April1930s would have one. { http://april1930s.com/ }.

Joe