valleyquiltermo

Hey Janis thanks so much for reposting this for us. It is really cool. I for one missed it the first time.
;-)

Janis

I thought that some of the new owners of Featherweights would like this too. I am planning on making the tote, but to use mostly as a cover for my machine. That was my next project, and I was thinking I'd have to make my own pattern for it, and now I don't!

Tinabodina

I am down to 5 featherweights. I got on a kick and bought them. My main one is out all the time and goes on trips. The other 4 are on display on a shelf in my quilt room. They are just so darn cute.

valleyquiltermo

Ditto :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Digitizingqueen

I really need to get mine out and sew with her some more everytime I take her out of the house she misbehaves think we just need some bonding time she really does sew like a dream when home ....it also could be unfamiliarity of her workings :roll:

slk350

quiltjoey, you're machine is a beauty. It looks like the centennial (1951)?? That's the year I wanted (my birthday), but had a hard time finding one reasonable and nice.

quiltjoey

Thank you for your kind remarks! The FW was born in 1959 and I call her Sweet Pea. She is in really fine condition. I bid on her on eBay late one night (about 1-2 AM) and didn't think I had a chance to get her because I had always been out bid before on the FW's on eBay. They usually go for about $400 or more in fine condition. My bid was $199 and that's was all I could spend. However, I was the only bidder and won! Wasn't that a treat!! I didn't realize I had won til the next day checking my emails.
The machine in my avatar is the Spartan that I paid $20 for.
I also have a green Singer 185 with green cord and foot pedal that I paid $20 for at a Pawn shop, and another Spartan that needs work, a Singer Centennial that cost me $70 that works fine. I have a Kenmore I bought new in the late 80's; a Viking Designer 1 and 2 sergers! I am looking for a Singer treadle to finish (if possible) my collection of machines. My husband asked me why I want another machine and I told him, "I just need it!" That's what my DGD used to tell him when she wanted another "My Little Pony" which she would get. I figured if it worked for her, it would work for me!!

quiltjoey

Thanks, Janis. I have the Spartans and a Centennial, and a 99 I can use that tote for!!

Janis

I think you'll need to make the tote a little larger for the 99. I am also wanting to make a cover for my 99. They are 3/4 size, and I think the FW are 1/2 size. I don't know what size the other machines will need, but it will be a good pattern to start with for all of them.

annrook

I just obtained my third FW Saturday. I traded a handquilted Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt for her. She's very clean and sews like a dream. She has attachments, an original manual and a new case. Believe she's a 1951. My other black FW is a 1958-the yr I graduated from High School. I have had her for about ten years-she is a workhorse and has sewn miles for me. My third FW is a little white-celery colered girl-probably mid-fifties. She, too, goes like a champ and has a fine case. All three are called my babies but, then, so is my 13 year male Shih Zsu! All of my FW's will go to guild sewing with me twice a week in case somebody needs to use a sewing machine. Now I have my eye out for a black 301.