vicki reno

$300, $00, and as much as $500.00 on ebay.

sewmuch

I always look for them at garage sales, have known people to get them for
$25 a real bargain. I would say its worth $400, they are collectable. Good find for you, Judy. :lol: :lol:

pal

How's this for luck. My Dad's neighbor died, the antique dealers came and went, the kids took what they wanted and the rest went out to the street for the trashman. Dad saw a black case and brought it home.
Yup, a 1947 Singer Featherweight! I had it checked over by a Singer repairman, got a new belt and an oil job. He said it's worth about $450.
And it purrs like a kitten. I had just bought the lightweight Babylock the week before, and have a 1947 Kenmore workhorse. I use the Singer and the Kenmore most of the time, even though both only do the straight stitch. You are going to LOVE your Featherweight!!!!

judy_68

Hello everybody,
I paid $160 for the featherweight. I haven't really sewed with it yet. My husband is going to tear it apart and clean it all up for me. I can't wait to use it.

Judy in OHio

quiltingday

I bought a Featherweight from E-Bay this year. Paid 258.00. Works great but needed a new belt and some new rubber feet for bottom as one was kind of dry rotted and caused the machine to sit unevenly. I am attempting to an attach a great link for featherweight parts. I'm not very computer savvy either so hope it works. You can get bobbins, special feet, etc. Any part needed. I really like the table space on the feather- weights. If yours has an old smell which they often do, the drip pan may need changing. If you take the bottom off, it is a dense piece of cardboard made to absorb any dripping oil. It tends to hold that old smell oder. A new one is only around $4.00.

Enjoy your little treasure. They are not only a novel machine but work very well for basic piecing.

2 Doods

I have my grandmother's machine. Love the little thing. Perfect for taking to classes and "away from home sewing". I found a 1/4" foot on Ebay and ordered accessories.

This is a great place to find Featherweight "stuff"....

www.april1930s.com

There is one on craigslist here in my area for $425.00.

Margie

I have a lot of "antiques" lol...maybe just old furniture ..but I love it. Sometimes they smell awful...i have found that giving them a good cleaning and then putting a new bar of soap in the drawers and leaving it...all the odor disappears. I would think it would work well with a sewing machine too(of course if it has something that needs replacing that needs to be done) but if it still has an odor try a bar of soap. It is inexpensive and works great.

Margie

AtHomeSewing

Congratulations on getting such a wonderful piece of history!

I thought it might be fun for you to know when your new "baby" was born!

The serial number of your Featherweight, is on the bottom of the machine, will be preceded by a two-letter code, beginning with "A" if your Featherweight was made in the USA, or an "E" if it was made in Scotland.

These will help you determine what year your machine was created:


AB 1926
AC 1928
AD 1934
AE 1936
AF 1938
AG 1941
AH 1948
AI 1948
AJ 1950
AK 1951
AL 1955
AM 1956

ED 1941
EE 1947
EF 1949
EG 1950
EH 1951
EJ 1953
ES 1962
EV 1964

Skeat

Congrats on your featherweight! They are much fun and very strong little machines:))You will so enjoy!:))Here's some more information for you to read up at: http://www.planetpatchwork.com/fweight.htm also, here's some more information for you at: http://home.cfl.rr.com/featherweight/ Enjoy! Skeat

Carol W

Thank you for the information and the link.

My DH just bought me the centennial model for Christmas!! :)