Featherweight Fanatics Archives
2004
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Featherweight Fanatics A Service of Sue Traudt's Valley Brook Botanicals
Digest of postings from Friday, February 13, 2004
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From: "GAIL GAMMELL"
Subject: GE iron on ebay
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:47:31 -0800
Well Sylvia wanted to know about the GE travel iron shown by that very
inventive seller on ebay who writes pages of description about very common
items. I would never say she lies, she just waxes poetic and some chump
always falls for the drivel she puts out. I regularly sell these for
$35.00. They are better than the Rowenta irons that look the same plus its
fun to have the Vintage iron. GE is one of the best to find especially if
you can find the water bottle too. Now, I do sell more antique irons that
are folding but they are far older and are more collectable as to value so
cost a bit more even up to $100 if by names such as Singer. The Durabuilt
folding iron with a burgundy handle is also popular just because it looks
pretty. Kenmore had their own folding iron I also find with FW in the case
all wrapped up and ready to use. Many of us do use an older folding iron to
take with to class etc but....keep in mind you don't have to spend $100.00
and all that business about calibration etc is a bit much.....so what if it
was polished. The first time you use it, it get heat stained again. So take
care and enjoy ebay but don't believe everything you read without further
investigation and knowledge of the seller.
gail gammell / SEW-GAIL-SEW on ebay.
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From: PATBERGMAN@aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:48:45 EST
Subject: Sewing Sister Featherweight
There is a lady who lives on a delta here in California that puts out a
Featherweight quilt block that I have made up. She mails out quickly. The
pattern
goes together quite nicely, not to difficult. If you are interested Email me
off list and I will dig up her website. I think her name is something like
Christine Tresh(?), and she specializes in paper patterns.
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From: PATBERGMAN@aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:42:43 EST
Subject: Featherweight Iron question
Sylvia asked:Is there something about these irons that I don't know.
Yes, there is. What these advertisers call merchandising you and I would
call lying.
Your problem is that you do know, while these sellers are trolling for people
who do not know.
This seller hit all the high points. Quilters and Featherweight people, and
then just stand back and watch the dumb fish take the bait. It is people like
this that give Ebay a Bad reputation, but Hey! if Ebay doesn't care, and
they evidently don't, then I guess they like that bad reputation, just like in
Hollywood, any publicity in good publicity as long as they spell the name right.
Years a go I bought a very lightweight broom vac that Singer put their name
on. I had a joke going with Graham about how I could hype this item up on Ebay
by advertising it as a Singer Featherweight vacuum cleaner, and speculating
what I could get for it. However, I have no guts for the glory, and it still
sits in my sewing shed.
I also bought a home projector movie screen in a box, marked with the Singer
Logo. I don't know if these were commercially made and sold, or if this was
produced for Singer "in house" use.
I jokingly wrote to Graham that now I could lump the two items together and
advertise them on Ebay as the screen to show movies on of me, standing in front
of my Featherweight sewing machine, using my Featherweight vacuum cleaner.
It got sillier from there and we dropped it before it went out of sight.
Just in case you don't already know, Graham has a wonderful sense of humor.
My husband sometimes gets jealous because when I explain why I am laughing my
fool head off at the computer screen, he just can't get it, and there is no
way I can explain it to him.
PatBergman
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:22:48 -0400
From: Daniel MacKay
Subject: Oilcan
"Steve Ward" writes:
>221 Carry Case
>The two springy metal fingers on the left side were to hold and oval oil
>can.
If anyone knows where you can buy an oilcan (other than an
ourageously expensive vintage oilcan off eBay) to fit the clips in
the FW case, please write back. Thanks!
--
Daniel MacKay
Homo habilis
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:06:23 +0000
From: Graham Forsdyke
Subject: Re: FW Fanatics 2/12/2004
To Sylvia who wrote
>I have a question about the Authentic Quilter's Singer Featherweight
>Iron selling on eBay for over $100.00 all the time when it is the exact
>same GE iron found under travel irons for less than $10.00 =20
>Is there something about these irons that I don't know.
Nothing at all
If you dig deeply enough into the blurb I (and that takes some doing)
you'll find that the seller admits to inventing the term
"Featherweight Iron"
Anyone wanna buy a Featherweight Bridge?
Re trip to Amsterdam
Worth remembering that this is just a cab ride from Haarlem and the
De Viegler sewing machine museum.
Graham Forsdyke
Purveyor of fine Featherweights to the gentry
ISMACS London
http://www.ismacs.net
http://www.singer-featherweight.com
Bert's Vintage Repair Book Book:
http://www.singer-featherweight.com/bert/bert.html
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:22:48 -0400
From: Daniel MacKay
Subject: Oilcan
"Steve Ward" writes:
>221 Carry Case
>The two springy metal fingers on the left side were to hold and oval oil
>can.
If anyone knows where you can buy an oilcan (other than an
ourageously expensive vintage oilcan off eBay) to fit the clips in
the FW case, please write back. Thanks!
--
Daniel MacKay
Homo habilis
Nova Scotia, Canada
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From: "Mum Smith"
Subject: singer sewing machine model Nost-3-pkg & singer deluexe monogrammer
serial 3369
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:26:12 -0500
my grandma left me a singer sewing machine model nost-3-pkg and a singer
deluexe monogrammer with serial number 3369508 3376839 printed on it and I
would like to know if the deluexe monogranner should fit the sewing machine to
make monogram design on material.
If so please tell me how because when I but them together and try to
do a design the material does not move. It stay in one spot
and make noise.
the sewing machine can be view at www.edmontonsewing.com but I could not
find the deluexe monogranner serial number 3369508 3376839. If you know wish web
site I can view the duluexe monogrammer let me know. Also tell me the web
site where monogram design for same can be view and buy.
please send back reply at valiesolo880@hotmail.com
Below is a copy of the machine
Thanks
Thanks
mom solo
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