The Singer Featherweight Vintage Sewing Machine is a highly regarded series of portable sewing machines manufactured by the Singer Sewing Machine Company from 1933 to 1968. Known for their lightweight design and robust performance, these machines have become iconic among sewing enthusiasts, particularly quilters. There are parts on the little singer featherweight that have changed through out the years and it takes a good eye to spot some of those changes. The early model Singer 221 featherweight machines came in a wood box with black covering 1933 with a light teal blue inside covering. The machine itself changed every time there was a model change and that was often at first. The first Singer Featherweight machine had a flimsy tip up table on it and that was changed very quickly. Other changes came quickly with the machine gaining popularity with so many people. Its small size made it handy for packing from place to place. Women loved it and easy to see why so many were sold and production was increased in the following few years, even with a sluggish economy in the early 1930's.