White Featherweight
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White Featherweight
Can someone give me some pointers on this machine??? My husband got me this little machine for Christmas and she hasn't arrived yet but I have named her "Angel" as I hope she will turn out to be.
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The white ones were the last Featherweights made by Singer in the 1960's. My daughter's machine has the original sales bill for hers dated August 1963. By this time Featherweights were becoming expensive to manufacture and the company was trying to cut costs. There were no more chrome face plates, now they were just painted metal and part of the machine. The chrome stitch selector was replaced with a plastic one and the machine cords were directly wired into the machine making the foot pedal permanently attached. The flip up bed was shortened and the case became more square . It was now a two tone aqua, brown tan (mostly for tan models) or in Canada a vinyl grey or turquoise smallish looking suitcase with a buckle on a strap. I saw one of the last new white Featherweights sold in the Singer store that I worked in as a teenager in the fall of 1970. It had been an unsold machine at another store that was closing and my boss bought it in a job lot. The attachments for these machines were just packed in a small cardboard Singer box as there was no attachment tray in these stripped down plain cases. The belt on these machines is a brownish notched one instead of the more familiar looking smooth black ones that were used on the older models of Featherweights. I hope you enjoy your machine.
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Best tip I ever received for my FW is: when you stop sewing, before you start again, use the hand wheel to make sure the needle is in the highest position. This eliminates the thread jam that is common with these machines. You will love her!!!!
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Enjoy you new baby - what a great Christmas gift-- Give extra hugs to DH for being so thoughtful. You will enjoy your new toy!!! I have pieced several quilts on mine and love to use them.
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