Look what followed me home this week -- a Singer Featherweight 222K. My mother has three Featherweights, and she's been promising I could "inherit" this one sometime. This one is in lovely shape and it was recently cleaned and oiled so it runs beautifully. I love my sturdy Elna, but I hate carrying it around with me (it weighs 25 lbs) and now I have an easy portable at half the weight.
But that's not the best part. This is a rare Featherweight, with a free arm and it can drop the feed dogs for darning (or free motion quilting.) Take a look here:
The table pulls away for the free arm function. Isn't it cute?
And there's more goodies.....
Here's another inheritance....a thread/spool holder/thimble rest originally from my great aunt. I was looking for something to keep my spools from tangling while hand stitching, and my mom offered this. She thinks it originally came from relatives in Brazil.
I spent the weekend with my mother and we cut flower parts for the minimalist applique quilt from her stash of hand dyes. Her philosophy was to use them up, so we did. I took half home and she's working on the other half. She's figuring we need about 80 of these for a queen sized quilt, although I am negotiating for borders and less blocks.
And here's a sneak peek of a nearly finished quilt "There's no place like home". Joyce graciously lent me the use of her mid-arm and frame and I practiced my machine quilting in her lovely studio in the woods. I also left with a bag of selvages. Thanks so much Joyce.
15 comments:
Looks like a great machine!
How nice you and your mother share the love of sewing. I love your thread holder.
That is a nice machine. It was a fun day.
Nice! It is electric, right? I bet your sewing room is just humming now!
Great sewing machine, and I love that thread holder. Score!
That featherweight is just too cute for words!!! Have you seen the refurbished ones? You can get them in pretty much any color, my dream is to own a hot pink one some day....
You lucky person! A Featherweight and a chance to play on Joyce's mid-arm. Love those houses.
woohoo, a new-to-you featherweight and a wonderful quilt all quilted, gorgeous hand-dyed fabric from you mom. all wonderful.
Marvelous, for oh SO many reasons. Enjoy your bounty!
Congrats on the family treasures you have taken custody of! The new quilt peek you gave looks great ... hope we get to see more soon :)
wow, Wow, what a great machine. And no place like home!
Lovely gift! You're a lucky gal! Cheers!
What a lucky quilter are you! Your mother was wonderful to share a Featherweight with you. And such a nice one, too. WOW! The spool holder is beautiful, too.
Lucky you... I inherited my grandmother's featherweight. Needs servicing...
Wow! Those are a rare machine! Check out the ISMACS site.
How fun to have a mom who quilts!
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