Featherweight Club (Do you have a Featherweight if so post here so you can all chit chat) Everyone is Welcome!
#41
I have 2 featherweights. Pricilla is a 1955 model and Miss Laula G is a 1951 centinial model. She was my grandmothers machine and I learned to sew on her. I love both my machines and have pieced several quilts with them.
#43
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
Posts: 30,181
I love seeing all of your Featherweight, wish I could find one,
also look at this link that one of our members just posted for featherweight restoration
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-124800-1.htm#3302864
also look at this link that one of our members just posted for featherweight restoration
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-124800-1.htm#3302864
#44
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: southern IL
Posts: 883
I have a black one. The case is perfect with no musty smell. I would love to have a white one. I also have a Sew-Ez that looks exactly like the featherweight. I sews great but is a little noisier than the featherweight
#45
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 857
I treated myself to a black 221 model (Dorothy Pearl) after I retired. She was given a great tune-up and purrs like a kitten. The sound is so soft and soothing that I am reminded of the machine Mom let me use to learn to sew when I was in grade school.
Her case is in pretty good shape, but I found just the right size canvas tote bag on sale from Lands End to protect her when traveling. Also, she fits nicely in the rolling tote bag I had purchased for my regular Viking.
This spring Dorothy Pearl and I attended the guild retreat and she was admired from close and afar :) I need to have her portrait taken so she can say hello to everyone on this QB! And sew it goes. It's my story and I'm sticking to it!!
Her case is in pretty good shape, but I found just the right size canvas tote bag on sale from Lands End to protect her when traveling. Also, she fits nicely in the rolling tote bag I had purchased for my regular Viking.
This spring Dorothy Pearl and I attended the guild retreat and she was admired from close and afar :) I need to have her portrait taken so she can say hello to everyone on this QB! And sew it goes. It's my story and I'm sticking to it!!
#46
William bought mine for my birthday about a year and a half ago...I learned to sew on Mama's Featherweight, my sister has that one...I keep trying to talk her out of it, but so far, no dice! ;)
"Honey" is a 1956 model, just like me...William searched until he found her.
"Honey" is a 1956 model, just like me...William searched until he found her.
#49
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: southeast kansas
Posts: 4
My daughter suprised me one day last September by bringing me home a beautiful white featherweight. I had sewn on one in the year of 1958 and liked everything about it,but never thought I would ever be able to afford one.She sews like a dream and makes me smile when I look at her.
#50
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
I had three black ones and a white one. Gave one of the black ones to my daughter. Another daughter bought one at a garage sale for $5.00. It needed a new belt and wiring to the foot pedal. The white one didn't have a case and I bought a soft 24 can cooler with an expandable top, hard liner which just fits the machine and some nice net outside pockets for supplies. The black ones all had cases and lots of attachments and extra bobbins.
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