Look at my new (to me) Baby!! (FW)
02-23-2011, 03:21 PM
#22
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I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine! If you haven't already found it, there is a ton of info on the web about Featherweights. Just google it. Also, if you need a manual, you can download one from Singer's website.
02-23-2011, 05:10 PM
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The first featherweight I bought worked great when I tested it....after rethreading it, I couldn't get it to sew properly...after SEVERAL hours of cleaning and going crazy I discovered that I was threading from left to right and it should be right to left...another thing I will mention...if you remove the plate to clean out the bobbin, be very careful when you put it back together,,,if you have the manual, read that part...there is a specific way the bobbin case fits back in...there is a little metal piece that sticks out ON THE BOBBIN CASE...this piece has to fit in between 2 parts of the bottom of the cover plate..turn the bobbin case until it fits into the cover plate...CANT BE DONE IF YOU SCREW THE PLATE DOWN FIRST... this is hard to explain and I probably didn't do a good job, but let me know if you need more help...this is another thing that nearly drove me crazy...until I figured it out...I have 2 machines..
Georgina and Lise and they are cute cute cute..enjoy...
Georgina and Lise and they are cute cute cute..enjoy...
02-23-2011, 05:18 PM
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I had trouble putting the bobbin case back in when I took it out to clean her. The book explains it well, but I didn't know what it meant until I did it incorrectly! Luckily, FWs are very forgiving.
02-23-2011, 06:43 PM
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I got the tension issue all sorted out. Turns out there were two different threads wrapped around the back of the bobbin race thingy. Of course, by the time I discovered that, it was already taken apart, so I went ahead and cleaned and oiled her up, put her back together and did some test sewing and perfect stitches with beautiful tension were the result! I KNEW, as soon as I saw those threads that I found my problem. :D
Thank you all for the warm welcome for my new baby. :D I'm pretty excited about her.
Thank you all for the warm welcome for my new baby. :D I'm pretty excited about her.
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