SINGER FEATHERWEIGHT 221 K Sewing machine (flat bed)
Singer 221K - # 1
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The sought-after Featherweight in excellent condition!

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The wonderful Singer 221 K Featherweight flatbed sewing machine, 220-230 volts,  in top condition! She is 63 years old will surly last another 63 years with a little bit of loving care and attention. The machine stitches a straight stitch, and arguable one of the best straight stitches around on any machine. It handles from fine silk to leather effortlessly (with adjustments to thread, needle and tension) .The receipt for the original invoice  of 1956 is included. She comes fitted with a German plug (easily changed). She has been thoroughly serviced, new rubber feet added to the foot pedal and machine, new rubber belt, the electrics have been checked and   serviced. The buttonhole attachment has been tested (see photos - the buttonhole was overstitched once). Also included are the original instructions. 
 
Included are:
Tube of Singer lubricant
Straight stitch foot (on the machine)
The adjustable hemmer - foot for wider turned hem
Large screwdriver
Small screw driver
The Edge Stitcher - a combined edge-stitching, lace joining and piping attachment
Ruffler - stitches tiny pleats or gathers
The binding foot - for binding raw fabric edges with bias binding
Rolled hem foot
Gathering foot
5 bobbins (1 is in the machine)
Hem stitching foot - joins 2 pieces of fabric with decorative hem stitching (copy of instructions in German --photos are self-explanatory)
Buttonhole making unit with cams - vfor making various styles and sizes of buttonholes
Zig Zag unit - for making satin stitch and satin stitch decorative stitches using cams
Package of needles - various sizes
1 Bottle of good sewing machine oil (not in the photo)
 
Sewing machine case - in good condition, considering its age

This flat-bed model is a favorite amongst quilters. It is easily portable (weighs just a bit over 5 kilos, machine only) and is sturdy, a superb sewer, reliable and pretty to boot! These machines were built to last! Anybody who acquired a Featherweight machine, be it the 221K (flat bed) or its "superior" cousin, the Featherweight 222K 8free arm with a flat bed) will enter a life-long love affair with their Featherweight  machine!
 
For the US (120-130 volts): the machine works perfectly with a down-transformer (converts the 220 volts to 110 volts) and a down-transformer can be bought on Amazon for under  $ 100.
 
Shipping:
 
Within the EU, outside Germany = € 34
Non-EU, Europe = € 54
Rest of the World = € 78*
 
*(this item cannot be shipped to South Africa or any other country not within the international postal agreement)
 

For everyone interested in old sewing machines, or sewing machines in general, I recommend this historic film document about the SINGER factory in Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland). At one time, it was the largest sewing machine manufacturing company in the world with many thousands of employees where all parts for the machines was produced "in house". The factory finally closed its doors in 1980 after almost 100 years of continuous production. It is worth looking at this rare and most interesting document of a past era and one can get an understanding why those machines, even after decades of neglect, can still be renovated to sew as perfectly as the day they were created. They were made to last in contrast to today's throw-away mentality. One can also see how incredibly hard those people worked! The quality of the film is not very good but, taking into account is was made around 1928-30 (my guess - it doesn't say), it is quite amazing. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIMxwy8CLkw

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