[Nfb-krafters-korner] it's National Sewing Machine Day

[Cathy Flesher]

Learn More about National Sewing Machine Day


This day honors the invention of the sewing machine.  It is hard to imagine
having to sew things together by hand, stitch by stitch.

Skilled cabinet-maker and English inventor, Thomas Saint, received the first
patent for a design of a sewing machine in 1790.  It was intended for
leather and canvas, was never advertised and no evidence of it, other than
his drawings, could be found.  In 1874, William Newton Wilson found Saint's
drawings in the London Patent Office, made adjustments and built a working
model. The London Science Museum currently owns Wilson's model. 

*	Walter Hunt invented the first American lockstitch sewing machine in
1832.
*	John Greenough patented the first sewing machine in the United
States in 1842.

Industrial use of the sewing machine reduced the burden that was placed upon
housewives, moving clothing production from them and seamstresses to
large-scale factories. This also resulted in a decrease in production time
which caused the price of clothing to drop considerably.

Today, many people are again becoming interested in the art of sewing and
making their own clothing. Crafts fairs and flea markets are filled with
booths full of beautiful sewing machine-made clothes and craft items.

Quilters across America are known as sewing machine experts!

 

Have a great day!!

Cathy F