FOR SALE! I am loving her and leaving her...1936 painted Singer Featherweight

[@Manmanandcompany]

I see how dedicated you are with your work. One can only achieve that quality of work when you love what you are doing. I admire your love and effort to save these beautiful machines. Thanks for your message!🇺🇸

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Wow, thank you! 🩷

[@sheilafruge60]

She’s beautiful! The nightmare featherweight that you fixed for me stitches beautifully!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you! I loved the challenge of fixing your Featherweight and I'm so happy you love her now!

[@sewterie]

She is gorgeous. I love the new school bell plating. Gives it an added special touch and rare. You do such awesome work. Keep it going. Stay well.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you so much!

[@jeanettewithrow9641]

She's a beauty! She just purrs.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you! She is going to make someone very happy!

[@Manmanandcompany]

Wow , she is amazing and you knocked it out of the park with this restoration. Who ever gets this one is going to have one of a kind beauty! Love your work and how you present your machine’s. Great job!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you so much! It's a lot of worked and I am blessed to share my finished machines with everyone! So much goes on behind the scenes but it makes me so happy when I have time to share some of my finished projects with everyone!

[@sallycole8880]

Beautiful

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you!

[@lisaemerson8061]

OH I LOVE HER

[@SewingMachineRehab]

I do tooooo! My hubby doesn't understand why I am selling her but I can't keep all of them!

[@lisaemerson8061]

@@SewingMachineRehab MY DREAM.

[@beckyking1793]

She’s beautiful! ❤

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you! She was so much fun to restore!

[@bevcote2357]

Stunning. Thank you to returning her to her glory days. Blessings.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! It was so much fun to see her looking better than new!

[@prometheansewingmachines]

Beautiful job, Jen! You are the queen of Featherweight machines 😊

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thanks Marie! I don’t have to tell you how much fun I am having! 😉

[@joeyg_art_ciaYT]

Incredible piece of history!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi Joey! Yes, it was fun to work on her!

[@annschaub3696]

Hi fabulous work done on sewing machine. Just saw offering of selling. Will you be selling any more in the future? I know very time consuming and patience on your part. Please let me know. Thank you 😊

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hello! Yes, I will have more machines for sale next year. I work on them as I can, most of my time is spent servicing customer machines. But I have some 301's, 221's and a 222 that will hopefully be listed in 2025. I take requests as well, you can contact me through my website if you are looking for something in particular.

[@lourdesvelez4726]

What an amazing rehab! You are so talented and she is incredible. I’ll give it a try on Wednesday! God bless.🥰

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you! She’s a special one! Good luck on Wednesday and blessings back to you!

[@JoannaShoemaker]

She's beautiful... You did a great job!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you so much! Hope you are well!

[@brendaclement6753]

What a perfectly beautiful job you did! I love my black 301 that I bought from you, I use it regularly.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

I’m so glad to hear that and thank you!

[@shariz2998]

Beautiful job of restoration!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you so much!

[@juliepruett6356]

Looks beautiful...

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Thank you 😊

[@evanduke8877]

Is she still available?

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! No, she sold. I will have more available throughout the year though!

[@rosefrank148]

Do you repair the featherweight cases?

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! Sometimes I do, it depends on how much time I have and what the case needs. If it needs to be stripped down to the wood, I typically don’t. If it just needs a new handle, some gentle cleaning and a touch up of shoe polish then I will do that. This is mostly because I just don’t have the time to dedicate to the cases at this point but I would love to fully restore a case one day, I have a lot of ideas about lining the inside with a beautiful printed liner and etc. If I ever do I will make sure to document it and share it!

[@rosefrank148]

@@SewingMachineRehab Thank you so much for answering my question. Perhaps you could suggest a product to glue down some of the tattered edges. I was thinking of using something like Mod Pog or Golden brand Mat Medium used in decopauge.

[@CazkiwiNZ]

Howwwwww can you let that go?!!!

[@SewingMachineRehab]

I know! But, it doesn’t make sense to keep all of them, I can only sew on one at a time 😆

[@CazkiwiNZ]

@@SewingMachineRehab ***closes door so you can’t see her 19 machines*** “Sure, yeah, me too….I know exactly what you mean!” 😂

[@cherylwog8923]

Love the 1936 FW , how much is she selling for?

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! She’s on my website, 2,850, free shipping and a few extras come with her.

[@donnaintexas4406]

10am Eastern, Central, Pacific time?

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! 10am Eastern time 😊

[@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens]

just curious cause I seem to have tension issues occasionally, but are you supposed to see that much red top thread on the bottom side? Btw I have a 1936 ❤

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! I have found that sometimes when sewing on just two layers and using a darker thread like I did on the top….you still see a tiny bit of the thread on the bottom….no matter what you do. I just finished up this machine and it probably could have used a little tighter upper tension. Since it doesn’t have a numbered dial you don’t have a baseline to start from or a general point that you can turn it to that you know is the “sweet spot”. I will sew with her again before she ships out and make sure the tension is set for quilting perfectly. One of the best tests for checking your tension though is pulling both layers of fabric apart along the seam and visually checking how tight it is. This one needs a tiny bit of tweaking I think which is why I used the darker thread and two colors. Thankfully, as you know, it’s easy to adjust! How nice you have a 1936 also, you don’t see many of them! 😊

[@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens]

@@SewingMachineRehab Yea I had a 1940 first, and when I went to look at the ‘36, I didn’t realize immediately that the tension dial didn’t have numbers that year. I had to quickly search the models to see that the machine wasn’t broken 🤪 I got her from a lady locally and paid $395!!! I want one more featherweight because I now have 3 granddaughters and want to give them their own FW and teach them to sew on them

[@SewingMachineRehab]

@@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens I get it, when I first started on my vintage machine journey and came across a “no numbers” tension…I was a little confused! Now I know, just set it perfectly and don’t touch it! How sweet, I hope you make many happy memories of sewing with your granddaughters!

[@denisebooth866]

Do you ever redo 99Ks? What State are you in? Your machines are gorgeous.

[@SewingMachineRehab]

Hi! Yes, I do and I am in PA. Thanks, I have so much fun restoring all of them!

[@denisebooth866]

@@SewingMachineRehab so far away, I’m on the opposite coast. Did you work on Pat Sloan’s featherweight? Anyway I imagine it would cost a lot to ship as well. 😥😥

[@SewingMachineRehab]

@@denisebooth866 Yes, shipping would be around $75 one way. And yes! I did Pat’s Featherweight along with Marie from Promethean Sewing Machines. 😊

[@denisebooth866]

@@SewingMachineRehab TU. Wondered why you were familiar. Fantastic.