Singer Featherweight
Also: Singer 221
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A lightweight, portable straight-stitch-only Singer model, most famously the 221, prized by collectors and quilters for its smooth stitch quality and durability.
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Shuttle bobbin
A long, torpedo-shaped bobbin used in vibrating and transverse shuttle machines, distinct from the round bobbins used in modern rotary hooks.
Singer 15 class
A widely produced vintage sewing machine platform known for its oscillating hook and full range of licensed and cloned versions manufactured worldwide.
Transverse shuttle
An early sewing machine shuttle mechanism that travels side to side beneath the needle plate, common in machines predating the rotary hook.
Vibrating shuttle
An early bobbin-holding mechanism that moves back and forth in a straight line to interlock the upper thread loop with a long bobbin's thread.
Antique sewing machine
A sewing machine, typically hand-crank or treadle powered, manufactured in the 19th or early 20th century, often collected and restored for its mechanical craftsmanship.
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