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From: bridesmom
Date: 10-30-2006, 12:10 AM (1 of 15)
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Ok, I know this is an extremely old machine, but my youngest daughter has had one given to her with no manual and I can't find one on the internet for a model 100. Is there something similar I could get for her! She has tried to sew a few times and really wants to get into it. I think it may be a good Christmas Birthday present for her, but until then any ideas???
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: Patty22
Date: 10-30-2006, 07:17 AM (2 of 15)
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http://www.sewusa.com/ I've never used them, but they do have the manual. Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: wghmch
Date: 10-30-2006, 10:27 PM (3 of 15)
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I suspect that the reason you cannot find a manual for a model 100 Singer is that there was (AFAIK&TQAW) no model 100. Recheck the model number. Bill Holman |
User: wghmch
Member since: 03-04-2003 Total posts: 249 |
From: lamx
Date: 10-31-2006, 07:31 AM (4 of 15)
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"Ok, I know this is an extremely old machine,..." I have socks older than that, you must be under 21 if you consider that machine OLD! Looks like a Tiny Tailor ebay items 200039269632 and 150044809811 Ed |
User: lamx
Member since: 05-04-2006 Total posts: 44 |
From: paroper
Date: 10-31-2006, 08:34 AM (5 of 15)
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Only a man would keep socks for 20 years! My dad kept and wore his WWII long handles for more than 40. When they got a hole in the seat and mother darned them and added a bell and a wad of cotton to the darned area! (He wore them and jingled everywhere he went)!
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: wghmch
Date: 10-31-2006, 12:01 PM (6 of 15)
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"Looks like a Tiny Tailor" Toys have model #s, Ed? (grin) Bill Holman |
User: wghmch
Member since: 03-04-2003 Total posts: 249 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 11-02-2006, 01:28 AM (7 of 15)
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I'd love to find out if this is the right number but I'm doing this over the phone trying to get my daughter to read the number but she is not a sewer and didn't even know what the numbers on the big dial meant, so she could be way off on that. I'll see if I can get better info. Thanks.
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: VenusElaine
Date: 11-03-2006, 12:22 AM (8 of 15)
Can she send you a picture to post? My Featherweight 221 is a small machine, but definitely not a toy. I do have a Singer "children's" machine, but it is still packed away (I've only lived here a year! ) and I don't know what number is on it. I do remember (I think) that it does a chainstitch as opposed to a lockstitch. She may want to invest in a machine from e-bay or a yard sale to get lockstitch. I often reccommend beginners buy a working machine this way and determine if they wish to continue before investing $$$ in a machine they will seldom if ever use.  VenusElaine "Always put as much effort into your marriage as you do into your wedding."
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User: VenusElaine
Member since: 10-22-2005 Total posts: 126 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 11-04-2006, 01:24 PM (9 of 15)
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The ladies at Hancocks advised me a couple of years ago, NOT to buy their toy machine for my GD.. they said watch for an old real machine at a yard sale, because the toys will not even really make a good seam..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: Ruby
Date: 12-14-2006, 02:18 PM (10 of 15)
| I also have a machine that is labelled as a Singer Featherweight, with the model listed as "100" on the plate on the back. It doesn't look really old, maybe 5 or 6 years? I found this thread, because I'm looking for a manual for it, or at least instructions for threading it. It has a front-loading vertical bobbin that has confused this new sewer. Any thoughts? Thank you! |
User: Ruby
Member since: 12-12-2006 Total posts: 1 |
From: lamx
Date: 12-15-2006, 08:37 AM (11 of 15)
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Copies of manuals may be purchased at SewUSA:: http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine_Manuals/Singer_Sewing_Machine.htm or directly from Singer: http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html Ed |
User: lamx
Member since: 05-04-2006 Total posts: 44 |
From: Kylnne2
Date: 12-16-2006, 01:04 PM (12 of 15)
| Seems that some time ago I saw on line a replica of the Singer Feather Weight. It did state that the machine was a "replica" could this be the machine that is the model 100? I don't remember the name of the company that made the copy of the FW but I don't think it was Singer. Maybe the guys here will know. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: Sancin
Date: 12-16-2006, 06:05 PM (13 of 15)
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Ruby -"It doesn't look really old, maybe 5 or 6 years?" What do you mean by this? The condition it is in or the style? A well kept Featherweight with the type of paint that was used often looks brand new. http://www.4bandit.addr.com/featherweights.htm - has pictures of Singer Featherweights. http://www.singer-featherweight.com/ . This site will tell you everything you want to know about a Singer Featherweight and has a manual you can download. I do not know if there is a replica made but some sellers have painted FW in different colours. You see them for sale on ebay. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: Sancin
Date: 12-16-2006, 06:18 PM (14 of 15)
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This may be a helpful site to mark to return to - http://www.sewitgoes.net/ - link to identifying old sewing machines. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895
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From: paroper
Date: 12-17-2006, 04:22 PM (15 of 15)
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Here are some good sites for the Singer machine including some that help with the dating of the machines. http://www.singer-featherweight.com/siteone%20pages/site1-2.html http://singermemories.com/resource-links.html http://singermemories.com/index.html pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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