Comments on: Featherweight’s Big Sister http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:04:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anita http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-60113 Anita Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:47:14 +0000 http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/#comment-60113 My daughter always thought she couldn't use a machine. She had always bought second hand Montgomery Ward (or similar) machines. When I visited her (she lives over 1000 miles from me)I got in touch with some sewing friends and asked if anyone had a used Singer for sale. We were lucky and one person did. We bought it-a black Singer 301. Since then she has made curtains for her house, pillows for a window seat and she no longer has to pay to have her jeans shortened. She loves the machine and can sew anything she wants... My daughter always thought she couldn’t use a machine. She had always bought second hand Montgomery Ward (or similar) machines. When I visited her (she lives over 1000 miles from me)I got in touch with some sewing friends and asked if anyone had a used Singer for sale. We were lucky and one person did. We bought it-a black Singer 301. Since then she has made curtains for her house, pillows for a window seat and she no longer has to pay to have her jeans shortened. She loves the machine and can sew anything she wants…

]]> By: ginny http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 ginny Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:35:21 +0000 http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/#comment-1276 I just found a 301A (cocoa) at the local thrift shop: $25 !! Wow!! Brought him home & he had the wrong bobbin with tons of thread wrapped around the bobbin shaft. But once that was fixed & correct bobbin inserted, he works like a champ. I work at Log Cabin Quilts in Yuma, AZ & have been dreaming of getting a Featherweight - like lots of our Snowbirds have - I can't believe my good fortune. My daughter is thrilled & so are my little grandsons, who love to sew their own pillowcases. What a perfect family machine!! I just found a 301A (cocoa) at the local thrift shop: $25 !! Wow!! Brought him home & he had the wrong bobbin with tons of thread wrapped around the bobbin shaft. But once that was fixed & correct bobbin inserted, he works like a champ. I work at Log Cabin
Quilts in Yuma, AZ & have been dreaming of getting a Featherweight – like lots of our Snowbirds have – I can’t believe my good fortune. My daughter is thrilled & so are my little grandsons, who love to sew their own pillowcases. What a perfect family machine!!

]]> By: Jill http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Jill Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:25:34 +0000 http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/#comment-520 Hi, I learned to sew on a Singer 301, so it brings back many good memories. I always said if I ever found one I would buy it in a heartbeat. Last fall I bid on a machine on Ebay and won. Sadly when the machine arrived it sounded like it was on it's last leg. Luckily the seller was willing to refund my $ if I would ship it back. At Christmas I bought myself a present from Perfect Portable, Deb specializes in Featherweight machines but also has Singer 201 and 301s. She lives close enough that I was able to meet her and try out the machine. I'm really enjoying using the 301 and keep it set up to do machine quilting. Jill Hi, I learned to sew on a Singer 301, so it brings back many good memories. I always said if I ever found one I would buy it in a heartbeat. Last fall I bid on a machine on Ebay and won. Sadly when the machine arrived it sounded like it was on it’s last leg. Luckily the seller was willing to refund my $ if I would ship it back. At Christmas I bought myself a present from Perfect Portable, Deb specializes in Featherweight machines but also has Singer 201 and 301s. She lives close enough that I was able to meet her and try out the machine. I’m really enjoying using the 301 and keep it set up to do machine quilting. Jill

]]> By: Bonnie http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Bonnie Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:15:52 +0000 http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/#comment-144 I HAVE a 301A and just love it. This machine never fails. 3 friends who have seen mine have also bought one. They wouldn't part with theirs either. Mine has been carted everywhere. It fits on my Hinterberg quilting frame and I used it until a bought a Brother 1500 which is left on the frame and frees up my 301 to take with me. I HAVE a 301A and just love it. This machine never fails. 3 friends who have seen mine have also bought one. They wouldn’t part with theirs either. Mine has been carted everywhere. It fits on my Hinterberg quilting frame and I used it until a bought a Brother 1500 which is left on the frame and frees up my 301 to take with me.

]]> By: Nancy http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Nancy Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:13:56 +0000 http://sentimentalstitches.net/2006/09/28/featherweights-big-sister/#comment-114 Been looking for one of these for months, found one but bad abuse made it not worth the money. Have Moms Singer 401A and love it, it been in use for years and never the first problem. Nancy Been looking for one of these for months, found one but bad abuse made it not worth the money. Have Moms Singer 401A and love it, it been in use for years and never the first problem.

Nancy

]]>