Featherweight high costs .... why?
10-01-2014, 03:04 PM
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My dad bought a FW for me at a flea market in tge mid-70's. Paid $15 and came with a case. It didn't stitch, so we took it to a local repair shop. Another $15 to get it working. My piecing is better on the FW than on my Pfaff. And that's why I like my FW!
10-01-2014, 07:41 PM
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10-01-2014, 08:08 PM
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The card table info in the files of the Vintage Singer Library is much more comprehensive than what's on ISMACS. There is a parts chart that lists the #'s for every piece of the tables, that's where I found what Sheri needed.
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10-01-2014, 08:17 PM
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10-02-2014, 05:01 PM
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If Featherweight is a fad, it's been running at least 25-30 years. I started collecting machines in 1999. Featherweight Fanatics email list was already firmly entrenched at that time. I had some well-heeled co-workers who were taking quilting classes in the 1984-1986 timeframe, and they were buying Featherweights to go along with the Pfaff or whatever modern machines were the bees knees back then.
Me, I was flogging my 1980 Kenmore zz and the free 195(4?) Featherweight that my aunt & uncle gave me in the late 1970s, tailoring suits and coats and sewing dresses. And I didn't even know that Featherweights were worth money and had a cult following. I suspect my aunt & uncle didn't either, or they'd have sold that Featherweight!
Me, I was flogging my 1980 Kenmore zz and the free 195(4?) Featherweight that my aunt & uncle gave me in the late 1970s, tailoring suits and coats and sewing dresses. And I didn't even know that Featherweights were worth money and had a cult following. I suspect my aunt & uncle didn't either, or they'd have sold that Featherweight!
10-03-2014, 04:20 AM
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I have 3 featherweights ..like them and take them when I need a carry around. My favorite machine for quilting is a 15-91 singer . For some reason it does the best job, I don't know if they are all like that or just my particular machine. It never bunches up the fabric, I can start at the very edge of very small pieces. Sue
10-12-2014, 11:51 AM
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I love my Featherweights, I really do, but now there's one on the Goodwill site for $241 and there are still six hours of bidding left. It's a Centennial. But still... it's Goodwill! I wonder if people are willing to pay more on there because they figure the money is going to charity. I certainly think that when I've bought machines from them.
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