A Look at The Featherweight Shop Christmas Past

As this year comes to a close, it is the perfect time to reminisce on Christmas past! It can bring a few feelings of melancholy to look back on these sweet photos of Ruthie and Christian as little children full of Christmas anticipation. If only there could be one more squeeze from those little a...

GIVEAWAY December 2021! Sugar Cookie, Custom Painted Singer Featherweight

Congratulations to the 2021 Holiday Singer Featherweight "Sugar Cookie" Giveaway Winner:  Connie Egbers from Kentucky! This Singer Featherweight 221 is absolutely stunning in this 'Sugar Cookie' color!  Completely restored inside and out - this Featherweight 221 will be ready to sew righ...

The Merry Mug Mat Tutorial

Using a Singer Featherweight cookie cutter, make this Merry Mug Mat and have gingerbread milk and cookies for the holidays!

Vintage Christmas Hot Pads

Shop the Vintage Christmas Hotpad Kit HERE  Or, if you made the Cozy Christmas Quilt, then add Lori Holt's Vintage Christmas pattern book to your scrappy fabric leftover* to make one of these as a fun gift. Product list: Vintage Christmas Hotpad Kit (pattern book optional) OR Vintage Chri...

One-Yard Apron by Lori Holt

  July 4th is coming right up! And…did you know it’s only six months til Christmas! Sounds like a great time to whip up a few aprons for you and your helpers to wear while you make 4th of July picnic fixins and then again while you create that festive Christmas dinner in December! Shop the One-...

Shop Talk: A Simple Guide to Quilt Batting with Jamie

When I first started quilting, I really didn’t know much about batting. I had just finished the top of my very first quilt and was excited to set out to purchase what was needed for the inner layer. I went to my local box store and picked up a bag of polyester batting. At the time, I didn’t know...

The Featherweight Shop Staff: Lou

Part of what makes The Featherweight Shop so special are the wonderful people who work here. From the newly introduced to quilting, to the seasoned quilting veterans, each person brings a certain quality that creates a harmonious team and shop. We are delighted to share each of our members with y...

Shop Talk: Sweet Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Cookies!

Sweet Snickerdoodle cookies are a Christmastime favorite in our house! As soon as these tasty treats come out of the oven, they soon are consumed with a cold glass of milk! This Snickerdoodle recipe has been handed down through the generations and has been proven time and time again as a winner!...

Sew-In at Home: Learning From Our Mistakes!

Before we started this project, the kids and I were very undecided if we were able to handle such a huge undertaking. None of us really knew how to sew that well, or how to assemble a quilt for that matter. But, we knew that this year was one that has brought a lot of new experiences into our liv...

Sew-In at Home: A Christmas Quilt

Welcome back to the Sew-In with Nathan and Sayley! The Christmas Quilt is FINISHED! Thank you all so much for following along on our journey as we learned all about quilting and explored the joys and easy companionship that come along with this timeless craft. The Sew-In started while Nathan and ...