tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27480373.post8605538769761195450..comments2023-08-24T02:55:48.783-07:00Comments on Pieceful Moments: AppearancesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369925218442518383noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27480373.post-10604248124517230102007-03-21T11:32:00.000-07:002007-03-21T11:32:00.000-07:00Having a Featherweight seems to be like "belonging...Having a Featherweight seems to be like "belonging"!!! Your DH did do a greaat job on the handle! I love mine also and take to mini class every month.Fabricfairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901857953188043217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27480373.post-60844185076549692622007-03-21T00:23:00.000-07:002007-03-21T00:23:00.000-07:00Yes, there is something very endearing about those...Yes, there is something very endearing about those little workhorses. Sounds like you have a prewar one. My little black one is a late 1939 or 1940 model. I got a decent deal on it 6ish years ago from a friend. She is one of those gals who hunts them down at garage & estate sales, fixes them up and resells them. She would help me with repair needs .... till she moved to eastern WA. 3 years ago my husband called me from an old car swapmeet to tell me somebody was selling a couple. Listening to his description of one of them over the phone, I started getting excited and told him I would take it. He brought me home one of the early 60's pale green ones. =) That is my every day one. The black one is for classes, workshops and retreats. They are all I use for quilting any more. But I'm a bad mother. I have not given them names..... yet. LOL <BR/><BR/>I recently discovered why they are called Featherweights tho. My husband's friend found me a 1951 Centenial model 201. If that thing ever dies, I could use it for a boat anchor. By comparison, 221s are Featherweights.<BR/><BR/>BTW loved the photo of your son's Kenmore. Brought back memories of my very first machine. <BR/>Happy stitching!Karen (Misiz C)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289202004929672841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27480373.post-13468686994128362022007-03-20T21:36:00.000-07:002007-03-20T21:36:00.000-07:00Hee, hee Leslie - if you'd not mentioned me by nam...Hee, hee Leslie - if you'd not mentioned me by name I'd never have recognized my featherweight in the picture that you obviously photoshopped off my website. My longarm has a name but I've never thought to name my featherweight. I guess I should, since she's my very best friend of all when it comes to quilting. I bought mine for $350 in 1993 (I think) at a vendor booth at a quilt show in Portland Oregon. She'd take cash only and wouldn't hold it for me more than half an hour. I had to return to my car on a Sunday morning, find an ATM in a part of town I was totally unfamiliar with, and get back to her immediately. She didn't care that I guaranteed I'd be back. Made it - thank goodness! That was the going price back then in this area. She is in really great shape and runs like a charm. I do every bit of my piecing on her.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125491177774966237noreply@blogger.com