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Sew Very Easy Loves The Featherweight Shop's Maintenance Handbook!

With gratitude to Laura Ann Coia from SewVeryEasy, we express our  appreciation for your kind and insightful review of The Singer Featherweight Maintenance Handbook!Laura expertly details the straight stitch capabilities of the Featherweight and highlights the value of the Maintenance Handbook as a DIY resource for maintaining your beloved Featherweight machine. We are thrilled to have such a knowledgeable and passionate supporter of the Featherweight community sharing their experiences and insights with us. Thank you, Laura!Resources Mentioned:Singer Featherweight Maintenance Handbook  


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The Featherweight Shop is at Road to California 2023

Welcome to sunny California, where the bobbins are bouncing, and the energy is ecstatic at the Road to California Quilt Show and Conference! Come by and visit The Featherweight Shop at Booth #934. Plus, we will have a hand-picked selection of Singer Featherweight Sewing Machines available for in-person purchase, a grand giveaway, daily freebies, and more from January 18th - 21st!  Learn more about the Road to California Quilter's Conference & Showcase Here. The Featherweight Shop Booth #934 Dates & HoursJanuary 18th - 21stWednesday - Friday - 9:00AM - 5:30PMSaturday - 9:00AM-4:30PMLocation:Ontario Convention Center2000 E Convention Center WayOntario, CA 91764


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Coming Up Next at The Featherweight Shop!

February 2022 Double Points Day Tuesday, February 8th. Earn double the rewards on all your purchases, all day long the second Tuesday of the month! Learn how to take part in this exciting day here. Restore Along Singer Featherweight Case Friday, February 11th. Follow along as Annette lovingly restores her Singer Featherweight case here. What's New in The Featherweight Shop Vintage Collection Friday, February 18th. Each month we take a special look at our rare and hard to find vintage collection of Singer items! Some of these you may be familiar with, others will be a refreshing history lesson! View previous blogs here. Sew Along: Alaska Block 10 Thursday, February 24th. Join...


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Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream Part 2 ~ A New Stitch & Progress on the Autumn Vintage Kit

Welcome back to the Featherweight Embroidery! It is exciting to see the progress we have made in the last week! The sewing machine has taken shape and we will be learning a new stitch in today's tutorial! Shop the Vintage Autumn Featherweight Embroidery Kit HERE Shop the Lori Holt Sewing Happy Featherweight Embroidery Kit HERE   Supplies Needed: Vintage Autumn Featherweight Embroidery Kit - If it is sold out, you can sign up for the in stock notification at product link, and you will be notified as soon as we have more kits available.  4-inch or 6-inch Embroidery Hoop Glass-Head Pins Iron Sewline Water Erasable Roller...


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Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream Part 2 ~ A New Stitch & Progress on the Lori Holt Sewing Happy Kit

Welcome back to the Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream! In the initial weeks of the Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along, the instructions for both the Lori Holt Sewing Happy and the Vintage Autumn versions will be following the same tutelage from Kristen! Follow along as we begin the exploration and set-up of the Quilter's Dream pattern. Please note, this first portion will be showing some photos of the Vintage Autumn kit, but all instructions can be applied to the Lori Holt Sewing Happy version!~Happy Sewing! Shop the Lori Holt Sewing Happy Featherweight Embroidery Kit HERE  Shop the Vintage Autumn Featherweight Embroidery Kit HERE  Supplies Needed: Lori Holt Sewing Happy Featherweight Embroidery Kit - If it...


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Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream Part 1 ~ First Steps on the Autumn Vintage Kit

I'm Kristen from Verity Vintage Studio who walked you through stitching the beautiful Featherweight 221 counted cross-stitch last year! In the coming weeks, I'm excited to demonstrate the lovely, Featherweight Embroidery - "A Quilter's Dream" Vintage Autumn kit! Exploring the Kit This sweet kit combines several things dear to a quilter's heart – a vintage Featherweight in embroidery with a quilt under the needle, and an adorable pieced and embellished frame! It's the perfect way to do some relaxing needlework of different kinds, ending up with beautiful artwork for your sewing room wall. The folks at The Featherweight Shop have put together all the...


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Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream Stitch Along Part 1 ~ First Steps on the Lori Holt Sewing Happy Kit

Welcome back to Week 2 of the Featherweight Embroidery: A Quilter's Dream! In the initial weeks of the Featherweight Embroidery Stitch Along, the instructions for both the Lori Holt Sewing Happy and the Vintage Autumn versions will be following the same tutelage from Kristen! Follow along as we begin the exploration and set-up of the Quilter's Dream pattern. Please note, this first portion will be showing some photos of the Vintage Autumn kit, but all instructions can be applied to the Lori Holt Sewing Happy version!~Happy Sewing!Shop the Lori Holt Sewing Happy Featherweight Embroidery Kit HERE  Shop the Vintage Autumn Featherweight...


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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-Yard Apron Kit HERE Products Used:FabricRic RacOlfa Rotary Cutter12" x 18" Reversible Cutting MatMary Ellen's Best Press SprayMini-IronQuilter's Pressing FleeceGlass Head PinsThread-O-Stat Thread Grabber The first apron I chose to make was the "Gift of Sparkle". I laid out the fabric and the ric...


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Mini Iron Purse Kit

Shop the Mini Iron Purse Kit HERE Products Used:Mini Travel IronFabricFeatherweight Accurate Seam Square & Seam Guide or or 1/4" Foot - Low Shank ScantOlfa Rotary Cutter12" x 18" Lori Holt Reversible Cutting MatSewline Water Erasable Roller Ball PenSuper Fine Glass Head PinsAurifil ThreadCreative Grids Ruler Itty Bitty EightsQuilter's Pressing FleeceWalking Foot, Even FeedThread SnipsTracing WheelI was pretty excited to begin working on the Mini Iron Purse Kit! It looks so much like a sweet little purse! Who would ever know there was a travel iron inside?! Little did I know that I would be practicing a little math from high school with this pattern. The...


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Fat Quarter Pop-Up

Let me introduce you to this darling little Fat Quarter Pop-Up pattern by The Fat Quarter Gypsy! It is such a fun and easy pattern for all skill levels, and stores everything from your sewing scraps and threads to your favorite quilting notions!  Shop the Fat Quarter Pop-Up Kit HERE Products Used:Mini Travel IronFabricRic RacPop-Up Spring HoopSafety PinsFeatherweight Accurate Seam Square & Seam Guide or 1/4" Foot - Low Shank ScantOlfa Rotary Cutter12" x 18" Lori Holt Reversible Cutting MatSewline Water Erasable Roller Ball PenSuper Fine Glass Head PinsAurifil ThreadCreative Grids Ruler Itty Bitty EightsQuilter's Pressing Fleece I gathered all the pieces of the kit I needed...


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Sew Along Part 5: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder

Welcome back to the Sew Along: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder Part 5! If you are just joining us, catch up on Part 4 HERE. In today's final installment of the Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder, we learn how to perfect the quilt binding! Shop the Quarter Inch (1/4") Foot, Open Toe Low HERE Shop the Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Kit HERE Products Used in Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder: Part 5Aurifil ThreadFolded Corner Clipper RulerOlfa Rotary CutterQuilter's Pressing FleeceSteam IronFeatherweight Accurate Seam GuideHinged 1/4" footTrue 1/4" FootLow Shank Open Toe 1/4" FootWater soluble applique glueOptional Products:Walking footQuilt...


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John and Margaret's Featherweight Sewing Machine Lending Program!

John and Margaret Flynn and the Woods Hole Public Library Bringing Sewing Literacy to Their Community We recently received a note from John and Margaret Flynn of Woods Hole Massachusetts. Located near the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, their small local library has developed a unique idea we had to share: a Featherweight Lending program! Patrons can borrow one of the Library’s Featherweights to take home and use, and simply return it when they are done, like any book. The portability of the Featherweight does lend itself to lending! As Library volunteers, John and Margaret facilitate this program by repairing, maintaining,...


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National Quilting Month Weekly Giveaway

Giveaway is now over. Congratulations to Anna Ngo from Richmond! Welcome to the National Quilting Month Weekly Giveaway at The Featherweight Shop! Each week, we will be giving away a new Featherweight Favorite in honor of National Quilting Month! The weekly giveaway will begin on Friday and end on Sunday. The winner will be announced on Monday! For the FINAL National Quilting Month Weekly Giveaway, we have picked our Featherweight Favorites, Calico Crow Flock of Singers Quilt Kit, Featherweight Twill Tape (2 yards), and Featherweight Coffee Mug!   Enter to win the darling giveaway this Friday, March 26th at 12:00 am through Sunday, March 28th at 11:59 pm Pacific...


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Sew Along Part 3: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder

Welcome back to the Sew Along: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder Part 2! If you are just joining us, catch up on Part 2 HERE. Today, Sarah Baker walks us through the block assembly, techniques for creating perfectly pressed seams, as well as chain piecing! Shop the Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Kit HERE Products Used in Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder: Part 3Glass Head PinsFolded Corner ClipperSeam Roller by Lori HoltTula Pink Hardware - StilettoCute Cuts by Lori HoltSteam IronQuilter's Pressing FleeceCutting Mat - Double Sided & Self Healing - 12" x 18"Open-Toe Low Shank Quarter-Inch Foot Block assembly time!...


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Sew Along Part 2: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder

Welcome back to the Sew Along: Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder Part 2! If you are just joining us, catch up on Part 1 HERE. Today, Sarah Baker illustrates the steps of fabric selections, cutting shapes, squaring up blocks, and more! Let's begin...   Tools Suggested for this blog Sew Along: Aurifil 50wt Dove Gray Lori Holt Cute Cuts 10 1/2” ruler Olfa Rotary Cutter Edyta Sitar Sweet 16 Fabric Lori Holt Cutting Mat, 12" x 18" Self-Healing   Sweet Trellis Mini Quilt Skill Builder Part 2by Sarah Baker I am using Edyta Sitar’s Sweet 16 fabric for this pattern.  We...


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Featherweight Review: Catch-All Cutie Sewing Organizer

Welcome to the Featherweight Review blog: Catch-All Cutie Sewing Organizer with Tammy! We fell in love with this cutie when one of the girls in the office brought hers in for show and tell. We went right to work coordinating two pretty little kits to share with you so you could make your own! This nifty little organizer can be zipped up and carried along wherever you go! Products Used in the Catch-All Cutie Sewing Organizer Project:Aurifil Thread 50wt CottonSteam Iron - Nifty Notions Travel SizeQuilter's Pressing Fleece, 12" x 18" - 100% Wool Quilt Basting Spray from June TailorSewline Air Erasable ROLLER...


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Penny Postcard: My Dear Brother's Wedding!

We would like you to meet Penny Carter, a 12-year-old little girl living in the countryside of Idaho, who writes postcards to her dearest grandmother, Betty Richards, from Auburn, Washington. An old-fashioned girl at heart, Penny is learning to sew, crochet, knit, embroider, and many other needle crafts with her Mama. Her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Carter, own a small sewing machine shop, which allows Penny the privilege of playing with remnants and extra samples her Mama brings home. She also likes to bake and scrapbook and will write of these experiences to her grandma, who lives several hundred miles...


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Shop Talk: Sweet Tart Zippered Pouch

Welcome back to Shop Talk here at The Featherweight Shop! We love our local chit chat with staff, gathering around the dinette table so-to-speak (because that is what we have!) and sharing with one another. In these segments, we exchange patterns, recipes, organizational ideas, history quips, crafty projects, and smiles about learning an old-fashioned way of doing things. Shop Talk is the fun tidbits of news! ***** Tammy, our Shop Talk project maker, is recounting her process of creating this cheerful Sweet Tart Pouch! Sweet Tart Zippered Pouch Kit    Pattern, Sweet Tart Pouch Only The first step was to...


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The Featherweight Shop's Company Retreat

Ashley, our Marketing Director, shares The Featherweight Shop Retreat Recap that took place at Pinelow Park near Loon Lake, Washington. We were all lucky enough to spend four beautiful days sewing and fellowshipping. Please join us in reminiscing about our time together. Ashley and her kids, Nathan and Sayley The Featherweight Shop's company retreat was one for the books. Time was spent with family, old friends, and new friends. All of this was made possible by the incredibly gracious Henry Family. For four beautiful days, our shop was able to rest, sew, and fellowship together, all while making memories that...


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SHOP TALK: Creative Bobbin Storage Ideas

Welcome back to Shop Talk here at The Featherweight Shop! We love our local chit chat with staff, gathering around the dinette table so-to-speak (because that is what we have!) and sharing with one another. In these segments, we exchange patterns, recipes, organizational ideas, history quips, gardening tips, crafty projects, and smiles about learning an old-fashioned way of doing things. Shop Talk is the fun tidbits of news! **** Bobbins, bobbins, bobbins, we all love bobbins! As we wind our bobbins, we need to store them and keep them organized. This makes finding our favorite threads much more simple for...

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