My lucky day today. This gorgeous machine came into my possession. I've been hoping to get a Featherweight 222 but they were either to expensive or to far away for me to look at before buying.
Whilst away in New South Wales dealing with the passing of my Mum a local to me in Queensland lady put the machine up on Facebook. I thought darn i've missed out again. Well the machine was still there next morning & she'd even lowered the price. :) Still i thought what to do as there was no one at home who could look for me. I decided to message her to explain about my situation & luckily for me she was quite happy to wait until i could go & look today. YAY.
Here she is.
1957 Featherweight 222. Now i have a matching pair as i bought a 221 a few years ago.
Happy Stitching,
11 comments:
WOW ! And she looks great… does she have a name!
Lucky you. Sometimes things are meant to be.
Wow, that is special. Right place, right time.
She looks like she was well cared for or stored nicely. I got mine about 5 years ago. She's a 1948 and I named her Betty Lou after my Aunt that did beautiful sewing. Clothes, drapes, etc and I wish she was still here so we could get together for a Sew In. She lived about 6 hours away. I followed a great place on FB before I quit but they have a website. singer-featherweight.com and if you click on Schoolhouse, then maintenance & tutorials they have an abundance of information. I bought a new pedal because the old ones have been known to catch fire and if it's not up to par it can slow your machine down. I also bought her an LED light & several other things. Right now they have some You Tube videos about restoring the case which I hope to do someday. I've tried Irish Spring soap, all kinds of sprays and it still stinks something awful. Most cases do and it has to do with the type of adhesive they used. Nova Montgomery has maintenance tutorials also. Enjoy her!
Congratulations!!! I love my featherweight and could easily become a collector. Hope you get much enjoyment from this beauty.
lovely little machine...
Hugz
A wonderful machine Jeanette & I'm so pleased you were able to purchase it eventually. xx
Lovely - a Lucky purchase.
what a lucky find and that the lady held it for you.........have fun sewing on her.........
I'm so glad the lady held it for you... I am sure you will have lots of happy hours sewing with her! xx
LUCKY you she is beautiful.xx
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