Birthdate Featherweights
How great it would be to have a Singer Featherweight made in the very year you were born or the year you graduated from high school or college or perhaps the year your child was born. The data below, inspired by Graham Forsdyke's original reference chart, graphs the number of machines manufactured or commissioned in any given year throughout their production. This may help you determine the ease of finding machines to perhaps coordinate with personal milestones or significance.
Some years are easy, others difficult and, of course, many are impossible. Check the following chart for the possibilities of finding specific year machines. (If viewing in a mobile browser, it may be easiest to view this chart with your screen rotated sideways.)
| Year | Standard 221 | Freearm 222 | White/Green | Tan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 10,000 | |||
| 1934 | 20,000 | |||
| 1935 | 40,044 | |||
| 1936 | 40,000 | |||
| 1937 | 55,000 | |||
| 1938 | 40,000 | |||
| 1939 | 60,000 | |||
| 1940 | 45,000 | |||
| 1941 | 59,999 | |||
| 1942 | 0 | |||
| 1943 | 0 | |||
| 1944 | 0 | |||
| 1945 | 20,000 | |||
| 1946 | 90,000 | |||
| 1947 | 121,000 | |||
| 1948 | 179,999 | |||
| 1949 | 110,000 | |||
| 1950 | 260,000 | |||
| 1951 | 211,000 | |||
| 1952 | 189,999 | |||
| 1953 | 160,000 | 6,400 | ||
| 1954 | 50,000 | 20,000 | ||
| 1955 | 115,000 | 20,000 | ||
| 1956 | 55,000 | 15,000 | ||
| 1957 | 110,000 | 15,000 | ||
| 1958 | 5,500 | 5,000 | ||
| 1959 | 1,500 | 7,500 | ||
| 1960 | 5000 | 10,000 | ||
| 1961 | 40,000 | 10,000 | ?* | |
| 1962 | ||||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | 50,000 | |||
| 1965 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1968 | 10,000 | |||
| 1969 | ||||
| 1970 |
FUN TRIVIA:
Total number of black Featherweights made: 2,094,041Total number of 222K Featherweights made: 108,900
An approximate total of all Featherweights made: 2,202,941
*Singer Sewing Machine models within the JE batch of serial numbers were made in 1961. A few tan Featherweights were included in this series, but records are inconclusive as to how many. Also, White Featherweights with serial numbers beginning in EV, EW, EY, and FA have some records that are incomplete, therefore dating and numbers are approximate.
It is our goal to remain as accurate as possible, so if more original records surface, please contact us with the source and we will be glad to update the charts.