My First Featherwieght, Meet Esmeralda
05-21-2010, 07:24 AM
#23
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She is beautiful. I love the name Esmeralda-fits her perfectly!! Congratulations, there are places on the internet where you can get new feet and bobbins. featherweightcare.com is a good resource! Have fun.................
05-21-2010, 07:25 AM
#24
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The repaints cost a fortune to have painted! I have 4 originals and would love to find a repainted one that I could afford. There are professionals online who will paint Featherweights any color you like, if you can pay the price. They also sell them already painted in pretty colors, very expensive.
05-21-2010, 07:35 AM
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I agree ... this one may not have been re-painted.
I found this one the web: In Great Britain a white Featherweight was sold, which was made in Scotland. Some "mint green" machines are also rumored to have been made, but opinions vary over whether this was really a green machine or merely a white one with a green tinge to the paint. Larry Oliver, a Featherweight collector on Compuserve, wrote to me: "I have seen a tan machine and a mint green machine (definitely NOT white). They were Great Britain models. ... Planetpatchwork.com
I found this one the web: In Great Britain a white Featherweight was sold, which was made in Scotland. Some "mint green" machines are also rumored to have been made, but opinions vary over whether this was really a green machine or merely a white one with a green tinge to the paint. Larry Oliver, a Featherweight collector on Compuserve, wrote to me: "I have seen a tan machine and a mint green machine (definitely NOT white). They were Great Britain models. ... Planetpatchwork.com
05-21-2010, 07:37 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by Katia
Green, like this green? It would be so great if that was the original color. She is very old according to the number. It starts with AE or AF, kinda hard to read.
* AC 1928
* AD 1934
* AE 1936
* AF 1938
* AG 1941
* AH 1948
* AI 1948
* AJ 1950
* AK 1951
* AL 1955
* AM 1956
... ages according to the PlanetPatchwork.com
05-21-2010, 07:42 AM
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I have an original mint green/white machine. The green is barely noticable. I've never seen an original two tone featherweight. I think it's a repaint and worth around a thousand dollars. Like I said , this was a great deal. I also notice that the face plate on this machine is the scrole model making it an early one. The original white/mint green machine came into production much later, maybe in the 1960s. The serial number can be checed on the Singer site to tell when it was made. My white/green was made in 1964.
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