Few household tools have earned the devotion, nostalgia and near-mythic status of the Singer Featherweight sewing machine.

Family heirlooms are hard to part with, especially if they've been passed down for generations. On the other hand, some heirlooms are difficult to maintain and may be worth letting go — particularly ...

At fourteen, I taught myself to sew on a Singer Featherweight, which I was an idiot to trade years later when seduced by a Bernina. As a child, I made clothes, costumes— things a feral kid would wear, ...