New Employee

We have a new helper beginning today… meet Rebekah.  Today she learned all about packaging and shipping and is quickly learning what this little Featherweight Sewing Machine is all about. Meticulous, organized, helpful, cheerful, fun, arrived early and learns quickly — what more could we...

Happy New Year - 2015!

Today is the day — a new day for a new year which means it is now time to make our official announcement.  It is with great pleasure that we announce our new Featherweight website acquisition… www.Singer-Featherweight.com First, we would like to thank Graham for all his expertise, insight a...

Best Sewing Machine for Young Child

A fellow Stitchery Friend of ours shared this picture of her granddaughter who had received her first Featherweight for Christmas.  If that isn’t the best smile of excitement over her new sewing machine, I don’t know what is!  I am certain this little girl will remember this day for the rest...

A Featherweight Merry Christmas!

We received this photo from a fellow Featherweight owner. She didn’t have a creche perse’, but then remembered her Featherweight had a light so she set up her Nativity this way. We asked her permission to share with you because we thought you would enjoy it as well. (Thank you, Miriam!) Merry ...

Sneak Peek as we unpack…

We made it to the Featherweight Collection destination this afternoon and it was completely worth the wait. We are still sorting through all of the Featherweight machines that have been collected for nearly 20 years.  A quiet hotel corner lobby provided a nice place to examine each one. It too...

Where in the world…?

While I am traveling and the suspense and excitement is building to see all these Singer Featherweight machines, the idea was suggested that we play a little game.  Therefore, we will play the “Where in the world is Carmon Henry?” game. After all, traveling nearly 2000 miles round trip could ta...

Rare Featherweight Collection

As some of you may already be aware, I am on my way to retrieve a rather large Featherweight collection, which includes a few of the rarest Singer Featherweights known to exist. I will be traveling about 2000 driving miles to bring them back safely to our studio where we will begin featuring the...

New Categories

We have added an entire new category on this blog called “Attachments & Accessories”. You will now be able to find out how to identify and use your vintage Singer Attachments - all in one convenient place!     Good morning! As of this morning we have a new page added to our Featherweight...

Happy Valentine's Day "Cards"

  Last year my daughter and I worked together in making these little Valentine's cards for her class*. We are homeschooling now but the idea still lingers as we think of family and friends for this year.   The end product was a melding of two patterns. One was like this one from Orange Betti...

Clothes Pin Dolls

These are so easy a small child can make them! Step 1: Fold a little edge of a square or rectangular fabric scrap and pin it with the clothes pin.Step 2: Flip the clothes pin down.Step 3: Wrap the fabric corners to the center around the clothes pin.Step 4: Tie a piece of bias tape, yarn, or ...