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Workshop in Mechanicsville, Virginia
Mechanicsville, Virginia - July 12th and 13th, 2016 Making our way through the eastern states, Virginia was our next stop. Class members learned much about servicing their Singer Featherweights and becoming empowered to find and service future machines for their collection, too! Here are ...
Read MoreMemphis, Tennessee - July 2016
Towards the end of July, 2016, we visited Memphis, Tennessee for the next Singer Featherweight Maintenance Workshop on our nationwide tour. Growing up and living in Idaho, cockroaches are a thing we do not have the opportunity to experience. We have other things, of course, but not cockroach...
Read MoreTowards the end of July we were in Nashville, Tennessee. We had the special treat of meeting more of our friends from the Featherweight Facebook Group and making new ones at the Workshop. The screwdrivers there on the table are the exact ones we use in the Featherweight Shop and what we recomm...
Read MoreWorkshop in Woodstock, Georgia
July 18th and 19th, 2016 we were in Woodstock, Georgia for a two-day Featherweight Maintenance Workshop. We saw quite a few of our Featherweight friends and customers that we've interacted with online so it was a treat to see and meet several in person, too! Ruthie helping Laura with the clean...
Read MoreWhen we started planning for our Featherweight Maintenance Workshop Tour 2016 we knew that we would somehow want to incorporate a visit to Washington, D.C. Carmon had visited the city in the fall of 2009 and had wanted to bring the rest of us to see US history first hand ever since. It was cert...
Read MoreAfter New York City our family took an 8-day break from the Featherweight Workshops to tour our Nation's capitol and historical sights. The first place we visited was Philadelphia. It just so happened to be around the July 4th weekend, so there were several things we would not have ordinarily h...
Read MoreWe had one day in New York City, so we had to maximize what we could see and do... and it all had to be done on foot. We road the train, the subway and walked and walked and walked.... and walked... but, we were able to see the Statue of Liberty, Time Square, Museum of Natural History, the 9/11 ...
Read MorePearl River, New York Workshops, 2016
Our New York gals were not only fun to listen to with their fun northeastern accents, but they were all so much fun to have in class -- seeing them learn about their Featherweight machines and getting acquainted with fellow Featherweight friends from the surrounding areas. And, for many it was a...
Read MoreColumbus, Ohio Workshops, June 2016
Our Columbus, Ohio workshops were a blast, and both groups were a pleasure to work with and teach all about their Singer Featherweights and maintenance / servicing skills. Here are a few photos from both days: Workshop members learned about the oxidation from the lead tube and why it can be imp...
Read MoreDid you see that? We were welcomed to Pennsylvania. Carmon said, "take a picture! We're entering Pennsylvania!" Well... by the time I grabbed the camera and it zoomed in, that's about all I caught. Driving on the country roads in Amish country of Pennsylvania had some unexpected surprise...
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