A few adjustments to the tension and my new toy, a Singer Featherweight sewing machine, is ready to play. I tested a few pieces of fabric and am quite happy with the stitching. For 74 years old, this little machine is amazingly quiet and smooth. It reminds me so much of the Singer I learned to sew on. It was a bigger machine, one of the first electrics made after the treadle machines were fazed out but it was built bery similar in style and it was black. But that old machine was not friendly to velvet and velveteen...I got so mad at it one day that I went out and bought a 1965 Singer that I used for 20 years.
I have had that beautiful Hibiscus floral fabric for some time and I finally found a pattern that will set it off. The coordinating greens and yellows (two of the yellows look faded in the photo, but they are actually equal to the third yellow - camera does funny things) will be used throughout the quilt. I can't wait to start cutting and sewing as I have been wanting those Hisbiscus flowers on my bed. I will be documenting my progress on this quilt.
Oh yeah, and I have to make one dozen reversible wine bags for GSP Rescue of PA in the next few weeks. Busy - I may need some snow to keep me home.
I know this is a 2-year-old post, but I just bought a Featherweight yesterday that looks almost identical to yours except that mine is a little later (1950-1951) and has a numbered needle tension dial. I "rescued" this FW from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore and although they cleaned it up and oiled it so it would be "working condition" for sale, it stinks to high heaven of mold and I feel like it needs some minor tweaks and adjustments before the stitch will live up to the Featherweight legend. You mentioned that you did some tension adjustments of your own -- was that just the bobbin screw and upper thread tension dial? Or did you have to do something more major, like take apart and reassemble the needle tension mechanism? My machine is stitching with just a slight slant to stitches rather than perfectly straight, and I'm wondering if that's something I can trouble shoot myself or if I should take it to someone -- and if so, to whom? Any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated. Your machine is lovely, by the way -- what year is it?
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