Yesterday I dug out my ol' featherweight and was intrigued by this contrast of vintage meeting modern as I quietly sewed the binding onto my almost finished T-Shirt quilt.
As I listened to it hum along, I found myself daydreaming about garments it might have sewn so many years before. It was relaxing. Looking forward to sewing on it more today.
With smiles,
Val:)
Some day I am going to have one of those! The featherweight, I'm not short on quilts ;) I am always looking and someday. . . someday I will find my featherweight :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photo! I love that eye glass fabric and you can't go wrong with polka dots on a binding.
ReplyDeleteWell aren't I blind - it's a checked binding!! Still love the affect!
ReplyDeleteWhy did you use your featherweight & not your more modern machine to sew on the binding?
ReplyDeleteI brought my other one in to get serviced....and just felt like playing. Now I think I'm going to leave the featherweight out as I'm really enjoying sewing with it. :)
DeletePS I had originally bought the featherweight to take with me to classes (more compact and easy to tote around)....but since I don't really take classes anymore...it's fun to have it out again. :)
DeleteVal that is so neat - I always think about the same thing when I sew with my Singer 301. I actually prefer sewing with the vintage machines. Don't you just love the way they sound? I gave my Featherweight to my daughter and I swear she is learning to sew more quickly and being more adventurous just because that machine is so darn cute! LOL
ReplyDeleteExactly....that little "busy" sound. And it's stitch is perfect!
DeleteI'd love to have a Featherweight. Love the back to that quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm picking out a new project for my featherweight. I love the way they smell! Like a real machine with oil! Can't believe the t-shirt quilt is done so quickly!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great picture of vintage machine with modern fabric. Cool!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture. Now you've got me wondering what sort of jobs such an old machine may have done in it's lifetime, if it was a work horse or a luxury item, if it was loved our loathed... the mind wanders.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! The machine and that cute quilt. Love the fabric and I see some pretty quilting too!
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun if you knew about all the garments that had been sewn on the machine. Love the picture and that eyeglass fabric.
ReplyDeleteVal, I feel exactly the same way about my own Featherweights! I have a 1935 and a 1951, and I joke to my kids that they are like time machines. I know for sure that the 1935 belonged to a quilter before me, and I find myself wondering, "has she made this block before?" :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a picture perfect moment! Love that checkered binding. This is going to look sew sharp!
ReplyDeleteI know, right? My Featherweights give me an extra shot of confidence when piecing tricky vintage blocks with Y-seams or curved seams... I feel certain that SHE (the machine) has more experience with those challenging blocks than I do, and she's "helping" me to get them right. It's entirely possible that the original owner of my 1935 Featherweight used it to piece those Kansas City Star quilt blocks that were published in the 1930s!
ReplyDeletePretty photo, have you looked up the serial number to see when and where it was made?
ReplyDeleteSo sorry I missed this one Val! My MIL was here visiting all last week so I didn't have a chance to check in. The good news is that I had told her she didn't need to bring her portable machine this trip because she could use my Featherweight for any piecing work and my Janome for FMQing. We were also sewing bindings on the FW during the week so we were with you guys in spirit!
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