Happy Friday! Today I want to share this travel set I made for the thrifted Singer Featherweight 221K sewing machine!
In case you missed it, earlier this year I had the thrift find of my dreams! I found a Vintage Singer Featherweight 221K sewing machine at my local Goodwill! For the full story, see this post: Thrifting a White Singer Featherweight 221K
As it happens, I already had a white featherweight of my own when I found that one. Obviously I didn't want to leave it behind, but I decided pretty quickly that I shouldn't keep it. Lucky for me, my Mom had just mentioned she was going to set herself up to sew in the living room and was going to use a little machine. So, I gave the thrifted featherweight to my Mom for Mother's Day!
Giving her this machine was the perfect excuse to make a travel set for it! I used my Sew Portable Travel Set Pattern, which includes a tote bag, extension table cover and a drawstring bag for holding the foot pedal and cord. For the main fabric I used this floral fabric that I found at the Goodwill Outlet store. It seemed appropriate!!
I took this project as an opportunity to adjust the extension table cover to fit the 221K's shorter table. I've updated the pattern to include this modification. The original table cover for the black 221 machines is still included in the pattern. I also just generally refreshed the pattern, giving it a layout similar to my newer patterns. I'm glad I took the time to do that!
On 221K machines the power cord and foot pedal are permanently connected to the machine. This makes the drawstring bag even more needed! We don't want them to scratch up the machine bed.
The accent and lining fabrics I used were all from my stash, all chosen to coordinate with the main floral.
This is the fourth travel set I've made! See the others here:
Nordika Sew Portable Travel Set
Dreamin' Vintage Sew Portable Travel Set
Sewing with Singer Sew Portable Travel Set
Pattern: Sew Portable Travel Set Pattern by me
Fabrics: thrifted quilting cotton, mauvelous pure solid by art gallery fabrics*, peppered cotton by studio e*
Notions: 1 1/4" cotton webbing, binder's board*, cotton twill tape
Happy Sewing!
What a wonderful gift for your mom. The colors are perfect together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky Mom!! A beautiful gift! Doris
ReplyDeleteyou are "sew" clever jeni. what a treat to read and what a lovely gift to you momma. (-:
ReplyDeleteThe fabric you selected is perfect, and if I was your mom, I would be thrilled beyond measure!!
ReplyDeleteThis is genius absolute genius. I love that bag idea and it's so very pretty. You are so considerate and a lovely person to gift that to your mother. I would probably pass out and have a heart attack if I found it singer 221K in the thrift store
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