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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:59 pm | |
| It's still my birthday month for at least another 10 hours and I couldn't resist!
I bought a 1955 Featherweight, I'm SEW excited!!!
She's from Lockhart Texas! I know she's got to be strong!
Pictures to follow, it's being shipped! Here's the info though!!!!!!
This is a 1955 Singer Featherweight Serial # AM 163268. It has a Birth Date of 10 Jun 1955. It has just completed a full service and is now ready to become your favorite portable sewing machine. All settings and clearances have been checked and set to Singer Standards as published in the Singer Featherweight 221 Service Manual. This machine will perform as Singer intended. This Singer machine runs strong, smooth, and sews a great stitch forward and backward. Completely oiled and lubed, it comes fitted with a new drive belt, a new felt liner in the lower drip tray, and a new light bulb. The motor was removed, cleaned and inspected, the contact brushes were checked to ensure a long service life. The hook assembly was removed, taken apart and cleaned. The light assembly was removed cleaned, and checked for damage. The upper thread tension unit was cleaned and set. The foot control was cleaned and the pull rod set as needed for good speed control. Besides a Owners Manual, it comes with the attachments pictured, two screwdrivers, a cleaning brush, five bobbins, and we also include a cleaning cloth. The machine appears almost new with the exception of the remains of a store label that I tried to show in photo # 9. The case is in good shape it is sturdy and comes with a key.
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Gimpy Cat Admin

Number of posts : 31636 Location : One Stop From Antarctica - Tasmania, Australia Registration date : 2008-09-02
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:02 pm | |
| _________________ "My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:07 pm | |
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 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:00 pm | |
| They tell me those are the "BEST LITTLE MACHINES!" Sew happy for you..... Congratulations! |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:04 pm | |
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hummerlou

Number of posts : 4113 Age : 69 Location : El Lago, TX USA Registration date : 2008-09-02
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:05 pm | |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:07 pm | |
| Thanks Hummer! | |
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Anita M.

Number of posts : 8692 Age : 66 Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:08 pm | |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:12 pm | |
| Thanks Anita!
I was looking for a machine that was made in my birth year of 1959 but after reading more about the machines, production didn't happen during 1959, but this machine came up and I figured that 1955 was close enough! | |
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sewn3w

Number of posts : 9952 Age : 72 Location : NE Ohio Registration date : 2012-04-18
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:37 pm | |
| Happy happy birthday!!!! What a win for you. I've been using my 301 - while the Viking waits for service. The more I use it the more I love it. You are going to be so happy with Tracy. | |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:46 pm | |
| Thanks Sewn! I'm in love already and she hasn't even arrived yet! | |
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Mamu

Number of posts : 4566 Location : NW Montana Registration date : 2008-09-04
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:03 pm | |
| You can get 1/4" foot for these machines too!
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Gimpy Cat Admin

Number of posts : 31636 Location : One Stop From Antarctica - Tasmania, Australia Registration date : 2008-09-02
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:26 pm | |
| Oh she is pretty, love you are naming her for Traci, thats really cool and she would love it too, Im sure. So glad you went ahead and bid, seems to me you were meant to have her _________________ "My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:49 pm | |
| Very nice Mamu! I'll for sure look into that!
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Linda 2B

Number of posts : 6240 Age : 65 Location : Greenville South Carolina Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:45 pm | |
| Alicia, congrats1 a new toy! What fun! | |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:47 pm | |
| Thanks Linda, I'm excited for my toy to arrive..... gonna be looking for the FedEx truck within a week!
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Linda 2B

Number of posts : 6240 Age : 65 Location : Greenville South Carolina Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:51 pm | |
| I've never used a featherweight before but they sure are loved by a lot of people! I'll have to try one. | |
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Jill

Number of posts : 6302 Age : 74 Location : SE Ohio Registration date : 2010-11-15
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:18 pm | |
| Nice Jill! My Mom has the Singer I learned to sew on as well, one day it'll be passed down to me, it hasn't been used since I left home some 40 years ago! Just sitting in the cabinet! She used a Kenmore. | |
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:20 pm | |
| My Mom has my Grandmothers Treadle also that my Mom never used, at some point I look forward to sewing with that machine as well.  Sadly both machines have gone unused, my Mom hasn't ever been interested in using them, but not interested in passing them to me either to use all these years, sad, but they're hers to do with what she wishes. | |
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quiltermarynel

Number of posts : 14335 Location : Trinity Co. California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:15 pm | |
| I hope you really enjoy it. Most of my guild sisters are happy with theirs. I was not, but sold it easily the day I decided to do so.
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texasmusicmom

Number of posts : 8913 Age : 66 Location : Columbia, South Carolina, USA Registration date : 2008-09-05
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:16 pm | |
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TxMaryQuilts Moderator

Number of posts : 15814 Age : 64 Location : Heart of Texas Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:00 pm | |
| Congrats! I know you'll cherish it. _________________ TxMaryQuilts
Always in a Texas state of mind.
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quiltmom9 AQM9

Number of posts : 3814 Age : 64 Location : Nevada City, California Registration date : 2008-09-03
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:09 pm | |
| Thanks QMN, TMM and TXM.
I'm very excited! I'm tracking "Tracie's" arrival!
Gimpy I thought that naming her after Tracie was meant to be! I'm looking forward to many hours of sewing with her, especially outside during the summer on the deck. I think it'll be fun to take "Tracie" with me on my travels here and there, maybe to a friend's house to sew and chat, and quite possibly to a Retreat at some point! I'd love to join up with Mamu's Retreat some day. | |
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Gimpy Cat Admin

Number of posts : 31636 Location : One Stop From Antarctica - Tasmania, Australia Registration date : 2008-09-02
 | Subject: Re: Featherweight Purchase! I'm SEW excited! Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:26 pm | |
| It sounds like Tracie is going to have a full life and I really like that she will always be there when you are sewing and creating and having fun. It really is the right name for her, you will love her for sure _________________ "My will is mine.....I shall not make it soft for you" Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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