Happy Sewing Machines = Happy Quilters

Here is my beautiful Memory Craft 6600p after her in home spa treatments.

My Nommi is purrrrring along ... <3 

I am sew happy ... :-)

In March I took my Janome 
to a Sewing Machine Service Day HERE

Then I just dropped off my machine at the quilt shop
and picked it up three days later.
While she was away, I felt like my right hand was missing.

Afterwards, I sent an email to

anthonyferranti1@yahoo.com

to thank him for his work.

As I use this machine daily, I am advised to have her serviced every six months.

Recently, I received this reminder message via email:

"It's FALL .... time to service your sewing machine!

I provide old fashioned, in home service that is fast and efficient.

I work on all makes and models, new an old ...... yes, including Sergers.

Feel free to contact me about:

• Guild talks on maintaining your sewing machine
• Machine service at retreats or sit & sews

I travel to your home, guild or business in the following areas:

All of Rhode Island

All of Massachusetts 

The Eastern half of Connecticut" ... Anthony Ferranti

This Sewing Machine Doctor Does House Calls

How wonderful!

After an email exchange, we set up an in home service visit for October 10th.

I also talked to my neighbor,
whom I knew had recently acquired an older sewing machine,

and I asked her if she wanted to join the Sewing Spa Day Party.

So she brought over her machine in its case.

Her machine is a vintage Singer 401a, circa 1957

My quilty kitty Nutmeg and I were very curious about this machine.

I had never seen one up close before. 

It has a slant shaft presser foot ... very interesting! 

For more info on this machine,

Here is the Singer 401a Manual

I surprised Anthony with a photo request for my blog readers

while he was working on my neighbor's machine in my dining room sewing space.

I was very impressed with the straight stitch quality and the speed 

of this heavy duty machine.

I am really not in the market for another machine,

but if I ever see a used one of these at a good price anywhere,

I will add it to my sewing machine stable.
I love vintage sewing machines.

In addition to these two machines,  my old Singer needed some TLC.

My Singer Featherweight 221 was
added to my Sewing Machine Stable HERE

Last spring I used this machine as a back-up and found it to be a little sluggish.

When I used this last spring, I lamented not having the extended platform space

 like my larger machine, so my hubby bought me a gift ...

 this extension table from

Classic Featherweight Extension Table from Sew Steady

It is only black plastic, but it matches my machine beautifully.

Tonight I decided to play with my Featherweight

to work on my Pumpkin Patch Quilt.

I am happy to say Minnie is humming happily along now.
Since I do not use this machine regularly, she will need to be serviced annually.

Sew my Sewing Machine Spa Day was very successful.

If you live in Rhode Island, Massachusetts or eastern Connecticut

and want to have a
Sewing Machine Spa Day in your home,

I recommend you contact Anthony as above,

or visit

Anthony's Sewing Machine Service on FB

You and your machines will feel happy and renewed

and ready to sew... :-) 

My New (Old) Machine!

Meet Minnie!

My New (Old) Machine!

Minnie  is a wonderful vintage Singer Featherweight. 

This is a 1951 Centennial machine, 221 model, 

manufactured in 1950 according to the serial number.

Included with the machine was the original case, foot control, 

accessories and original manual.

The gold decals are perfect

and the the top coat has only a few minor scratches from use. 

A little dust from the case cleaned right off with a soft cloth.

After a few drops of oil, she stitches like a dream!

I have wanted a vintage Featherweight for a long time.

I learned to sew on an old Singer.

I had never used a Featherweight before, but as she is a Singer, 
she feels like an old (new) friend.

We plan to make many quilts together ... :)