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| Posted by The Featherweight Shop

Introduction to Getting to Know Your Featherweight Video Series

Welcome to the Getting to Know Your Featherweight Video Tutorial Series! Ruthie Henry demonstrates each step needed to get you and your Featherweight up and sewing in the seven part course! Starting from How to Thread Your Singer Featherweight all the way through Backstitching & Reverse Stitching, you will be a pro in no time! Below we have compiled a list of suggested items that will help every sewing novice on their journey as well as items that we demonstrate in the videos! Enjoy! Introduction Tutorial: How to Thread Your Singer Featherweight According to the manual, threading your machine is...


| Posted by Carmon Henry

How to Thread a Singer Featherweight

Is your machine skipping stitches, or looping strangely after it was sewing just perfectly moments before?  Most all stitch problems on a Singer Featherweight have to do with the way it is threaded.  Unlike most modern machines and even a few older Singer models, the Featherweight 221 & 222K needle needs to face a certain direction, the thread gets inserted opposite of norm and the bobbin is counterclockwise.  If I didn’t know any better I’d say everything is backward!  Nevertheless, follow this tutorial and you’ll have perfect stitches in a matter of a few minutes.  So, if your machine is...


| Posted by April Henry

How to Wind a Singer Featherweight Bobbin (Getting to Know Your Featherweight, Part 1)

How to Wind a Singer Featherweight Bobbin Not quite sure where to start with your new-to-you Singer Featherweight 221? Then let's get started with our new series "Getting to Know Your Featherweight", where our 12-year-old daughter, Ruthie Henry, goes through the pages of her instruction manual and guides us along with where to begin and how to get familiar with this classic Singer Sewing Machine.... Part 1, Winding a BobbinSuggested Products:1) Crosswound Spool of thread: Aurifil or Presencia2) Thread Stand or Thread Post3) Bobbins4) Thread Cutterz or Thread Snips5) Singer Featherweight Instruction Manual 221 or 222   In the video, Ruthie mentions the Thread Stand; you can watch the tutorial for how it works...


| Posted by April Henry

How to Thread a Featherweight Bobbin Case (Getting to Know Your Featherweight, Part 2)

How To Thread the Bobbin Case & Insert It Into the Machine Ruthie continues with her Getting To Know Your Singer Featherweight 221 series and shows us how to correctly place the bobbin into the bobbin case as well as how to insert the bobbin case into the machine.  A couple of things to remember from her tutorial today: 1.)  Counter-Clockwise If the bobbin is correctly placed in the bobbin case, then the bobbin will spin counter-clockwise when the thread is pulled from the case. 2.)  The Latch The latch on a Singer Featherweight bobbin case is unique in that...


| Posted by April Henry

How To Properly Set the Needle (Getting To Know Your Featherweight, Part 3)

How To Properly Set The Needle Part 3 of the Getting To Know Your Singer Featherweight 221 series will show you how to properly set your Singer Featherweight needle.  This tutorial by Ruthie will be especially helpful if you notice your machine having skipped stitches or even if your bobbin thread won't pick up easily.  Be sure to watch the video all the way to the end because she includes a couple of troubleshooting tips for you, too!Suggested Products:1) Schmetz Needles2) Fabric3) Crosswound Spool of thread: Aurifil or Presencia4) Featherweight Accurate Seam Guide5) Singer Featherweight Instruction Manual 221 or 222 To begin to set the needle properly on a...


| Posted by April Henry

Threading a Singer Featherweight (Getting to Know Your Featherweight, Part 4)

Today, in part 4 of the Getting To Know Your Featherweight Series, you will learn how to thread a Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine from start to finish.Suggested Products:1) Crosswound Spool of thread: Aurifil or Presencia2) Thread Stand or Thread Post3) Schmetz Needles4) Thread Cutterz or Thread Snips5) Super Easy Machine Needle Threader6) Singer Featherweight Instruction Manual 221 or 222 To begin, you will need to turn the handwheel (which is technically called a “balance wheel”) towards you until the thread take-up lever is at its highest position.  Turning the handwheel in the proper direction is something important to remember!  You always, always, always want to turn the handwheel towards you and not away from you. ...


| Posted by April Henry

Prepare For Sewing (Getting To Know Your Featherweight, Part 5)

As we continue working through the instruction booklet that comes with the Singer Featherweight 221 or 222, we will now learn how to Prepare For Sewing in Part 5 of our Getting To Know Your Featherweight Series. Let's Prepare for Sewing!  Follow along with the video tutorial above, or scroll down and read through the text and images below.Suggested Products:1) Singer Featherweight Instruction Booklet2) Thread Stand or Thread Post3) Thread Cutterz or Thread Snips4) Crosswound Spool of thread: Aurifil or Presencia5) Large Cone Thread, Mugs & Thread Stand6) Super Easy Machine Needle Threader7) Presser Foot or Quarter Inch Foot8) Singer Featherweight Instruction Manual 221 or 222 ********************************* Part 4 explained How To Properly Thread the Singer Featherweight. Since then, we...


| Posted by April Henry

Turning a Corner (Getting To Know Your Featherweight, Part 6)

Let's continue working through the instruction booklet that comes with the Singer Featherweight 221 or 222, learning how to Prepare For Sewing in Part 6 of our Getting To Know Your Featherweight Series. Follow along with the video tutorial above, or scroll down and read through the text and images below.Suggested Products:1) Singer Featherweight Instruction Booklet2) Crosswound Spool of thread: Aurifil or Presencia3) Thread Cutterz or Thread Snips4) Presser Foot or Quarter Inch Foot5) Thread Stand or Thread Post6) Fabric7) Singer Featherweight Instruction Manual 221 or 222 ********************************* Last session, in Part 5, Ruthie instructed on how to prepare for sewing with the Singer Featherweight.  In this segment, she continues her instruction with how to precisely turn a corner. TURNING A CORNER: Using practice fabric...


| Posted by April Henry

Backstitching & Reverse (Getting To Know Your Featherweight, Part 7)

If your Singer Featherweight is missing its instruction manual, we have replicas available for both the Singer 221 and Singer 222.  You can then read along as you follow Ruthie in the Getting To Know Your Featherweight Series.   Related Products and Helpful Tutorials: Presser Foot Stitch Length Lever Stitch Length Indicator Plate (styles vary by year) Stitch Length Plate Screws (only) Presser Bar Tension Screw Thread Post How to Adjust the Stitch Length Lever - Maintenance Tutorial How to Adjust Presser Foot Pressure:  Part 1 and Part 2   REVERSE and BACKSTITCHING: The Featherweight has a simple forward and reverse straight...

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