Curlicue Creations: #centennial

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Singer Featherweight 221 Sewing Table

Earlier this week I wrote a post about my new Singer Centennial Featherweight 221 sewing machine. I also recently acquired this Featherweight sewing table. As you can see, it is badly scratched. If you know how to get these scratches out, please leave a comment at the end of this post. I would really appreciate it.

This is my second Featherweight card style sewing table. I was excited because this one has the insert. The other one I own is missing this piece. It's nice to have, because it makes the table useful for other functions, too.

Here's the table with my new Centennial Featherweight in it. So pretty! I did a little research on the table this morning, and it looks like these were made to fit both the Singer 221, and the 301 (my favorite machine).

Here is the other Featherweight card table I own. It is a slightly different and less common model with the stained wood edges instead of the black edges. The surface of this table is beautiful - no scratches, but sadly, no insert either.

Are you following the Island Batik Getaway blog hop? Here's today's featured designers:

Bea Lee– Bea Quilter

Sharon Parcel– Yellow Cat Designs

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today!

Jennifer Thomas

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Singer Centennial Featherweight 221

My husband, the eternal shopper~bargain hunter~treasure seeker brought home another Featherweight he found at a ridiculous price $10.00, or so. When he brought this into the house, I seriously thought "I don't need another Featherweight. I'll probably just sell it."

Then I opened up the case and...Haha!....Fuzzy was not really inside, but he is not going to let an open box go unused. Plus he is not a featherweight, he's a chunky little guy!

Here was my real first peek inside. The poor machine was still threaded! Looky over in the lower left corner - the keys to the case are included. Those are hard to find. I only have one other featherweight case key. Cool.

I pulled her out and she was dusty! She definitely needs some cleaning up, but the decals look nice and all the workings seem to be intact. It even has a sturdy belt.

Then I took a closer look. This machine has the blue Centennial seal! My first Centennial! Wow - I'm so excited to have this machine. It's really amazing how each one of my Featherweights is unique and has different features in some way. Yep...it's a keeper.

It does have this one cosmetic issue. There is a paint chip on the front edge. Does anyone know the best way to remedy this? I've never had a chipped edge before.