| The Singer 221 Featherweight is not a complicated little | | | | of a featherweight. |
| sewing machine. If you are wanting to know how to oil | | | | There is a project call the Pink Singer 221 |
| it there are manuals that cover that. If you are wanting | | | | Featherweights and it show other Singer 221 |
| to know how to make a blind stitch there are manuals | | | | featherweight lovers that it don't hurt if the machine is |
| that cover that. | | | | not black. If they are in very poor condition an in need |
| When your machine is skipping a stitch, thread getting | | | | of a paint job it is better that the little machine is |
| caught in the rotary, the machine won't pick up the | | | | painted and fixed up to keep them around as a piece |
| bottom thread or another problem, you probably like an | | | | of sewing history. |
| answer because you would like to get back to sewing | | | | If they wear down to metal and are not painted they |
| again, right. | | | | begin to corrode. Then they become useless to |
| Well I would like to give you some of those answers. I | | | | anyone. The worst thing that a person can do with the |
| would be more than happy to give you some of the | | | | little 221 is to leave it sit with no oiling or cleaning. |
| answers to your problems. I have been a professional | | | | It seems if you leave them in a garage or closet with |
| sewing machine repairman for years. Most of your | | | | no use for long periods of time they will draw moister |
| questions are not difficult if you have the expertise to | | | | and the carrying case will start to get a mildew smell |
| answer the questions that come up when you run into | | | | to it. |
| trouble sewing. | | | | The second worst thing a singer 221 featherweight |
| Quilting, Sewing and the Singer 221 Featherweights are | | | | machine lover can do is not use the machine. I started |
| all part of the same history. I enjoyed the book "The | | | | working on Singer machines when I was very small. |
| Perfect Portable" and I see the author has spent time | | | | My father was a Singer sewing machine salesman. He |
| to put together facts. I know some of the information | | | | would bring home old treadle machines and let me tear |
| is not exactly accurate but it is a nice history of the | | | | them down. At first I would just take them apart, but |
| Singer Featherweight sewing machine. She covers | | | | after a while I started putting them back together. |
| years of nice details. | | | | When I was in high school I started servicing machines |
| If you question some of her ideas in the book and | | | | for a company as a part time job. In the past couple of |
| want to read some interesting differences in her ideas | | | | years I have personally and professionally taken care |
| compared to mine on the Singer 221 Featherweights | | | | of over 500 Singer 221 Featherweights. My article is |
| read on. | | | | here to help the new sewing novice with problems so |
| Quilters have been using these machines for a very | | | | they do not get disgusted with a machine before the |
| long time and they may not care about the | | | | fun starts. |
| differences. Mostly the repair men who keep the | | | | I have a last quick minute note and that is when you |
| machine running for the quilters are concerned about | | | | start your machine always start your hand wheel with |
| the difference when buying parts. | | | | the needle started in the downward position. That one |
| Nancy talked about a number of different models in | | | | thing will save you a lot of frustration. If you are not |
| her book, but there are people that have never seen | | | | starting it in a downward motion the thread will hang-up |
| some of these models. They are not everywhere and | | | | in the rotary and cause the breaking of thread. You will |
| some people have searched for a long period of time | | | | think the worst and feel you need a service man. |
| to come up empty handed in their search for any kind | | | | |