The family bought two sewing machines and began to sell clothes from their home, sewing by night. "We did dresses, blouses, shirts, and other things. We got paid maybe 50 cents per garment," she ...
A sewing machine is a fantastically useful thing to own, but too often sewing machines end up languishing in a closet because something wasn't working quite right the last time you tried to use it.
If you don’t want to buy new, check your local thrift stores, online sewing groups, or Facebook Marketplace/Buy Nothing groups, as there’s almost always someone selling or giving away extra ...
This madman was no other than Barthlemy Thimonnier, the inventor of the first sewing machine. He was born at Abreste in the year 1793, and was the son of a dyer of Lyons. It is an old custom with ...
In the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the signal. When it comes, he flicks a few silver switches on a panel by his leg, twists two black dials, then punche ...