The Vintage Singer Featherweight: What’s All the Hype?
2018年12月26日 · The Featherweight uses the same low-shank feet and accessories as full-size Singer sewing machines. A beautiful straight stitch is one of the Featherweight’s strongest selling points. Due to the mechanical simplicity and high-quality construction and materials, Featherweights are easy to maintain at home.
Vintage sewing machines - Threads
2002年5月2日 · I quote from their homepage, "Featherweight Fanatics is a mailing list devoted to Singer Featherweights and other older machines. All Fanatics are welcome to join. For a free one month trial just send an e-mail request with the subject subscribe or …
Identifying Vintage Sewing Machines - Threads
2012年12月5日 · Mystery accessories from antique machines can be a little harder to identify, but you can use many of the same resources available for identifying machines. Also, there are many vendors that specialize in original or reproduction parts for antique and vintage machines, and simply comparing your machine’s mystery part-like a presser foot-to ...
The Virtues of a Vintage Straight-Stitch Sewing Machine
2018年9月26日 · Greist and Singer also manufactured a zigzag attachment that gave straight-stitch machines the ability to stitch a basic zigzag and a blind-hem stitch, again by moving the fabric from side to side, instead of the needle. Once zigzag machines became ubiquitous and affordable, straight-stitch machines began to be phased out.
The perfect machine - Threads
2008年8月1日 · You can join for free or as a paying member. They have excellent reviews of patterns, sewing machines, sergers, notions, tools done by real people like us. I'm partial to Husqvarna/Viking machines and own the Viking Rose over 11 yrs and still runs like new, the Designer I, and the Huskylock 936 serger/coverstich machine.
How many sewing machines do you own? - Threads
2010年3月15日 · I make kites with the other two, a Pfaff 2030 and a Featherweight. We make the kites out of rip-stop nylon and it is so slick that the Pfaff's "walking foot" (IDT) comes in very handy. I take both machines to kite workshops but usually use the Featherweight because it works well and annoys some of the "My machine is better than your machine" crowd.
What sewing machine are you using? - Threads
2020年2月25日 · My biggest regrets regarding sewing machines: 1) Trading in my mother's Featherweight, and 2) That I didn't buy a restored Bernina treadle in a gorgeous oak cabinet I saw for sale about ten years ago. Try them out, take your time, buy the best quality you can.
How old is you machine - Threads
2006年6月4日 · All of my machines except for the Featherweight take class 15. I never unwind bobbins to reuse them. I only have a dozen bobbins for the Featherweight but as I fill them up, I'll keep buying more untill I have enough (another 100 bobbins isn't outside the realm of possiblities) to not to unwind them as well. Chris
Vintage Sewing Machines Were Built to Last a Lifetime
2018年8月2日 · In the first half of the 20th century, when home sewing machines became common, a sewing machine was a big investment. Sewing was a woman’s contribution to the home economy: She sewed largely to save money on clothes and home furnishings. Sewing machines were expensive tools and as such, were expected to last.
Life span of sewing machine - Threads
2011年12月21日 · I just read your question about life spans of sewing machines. My Bernina 930 which was purchased in 1984 is still going strong as are many other Bernina 930s. If you are still considering purchasing a new machine I would consult "Pattern Reviews" a site which has owners reviewing their own sewing machines and sergers.