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Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing - making and mending - would have been done by hand using hand sewing needles.

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Where did Elias Howe invent the sewing machine?

A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790,[1] the sewing machine has vastly improved the efficiency and productivity of fabric, clothing and needle industries.Jordan Baird copyed this from wikipediahere is proofSewing machine


What year was the sewing machine invented?

Whilst there have been many variations of the sewing machine through the years, credit is generally given to Elias Howe. Elias Howe was employed in a machinist's shop, where he had the opportunity to experiment with inventing a sewing machine. He successfully demonstrated his first sewing machine in 1846, and patented his lockstitch sewing machine on 10 September 1846 in New Hartford, Connecticut.Howe faced a legal battle after Isaac Singer invented the up-and-down motion mechanism, and Allen Wilson developed a rotary hook shuttle, both filing for patents. After winning one suit, the three inventors pooled their patent rights in the Sewing Machine Combination. It was under this patent that the sewing machine was then successfully marketed.There have been a number of other contenders for the title, but none of these is generally accepted as being the "inventor" of the sewing machine. They include:English inventor and cabinet maker, Thomas Saint, who was issued the first patent for a complete machine for sewing in 1790. It's unclear if he ever built it or just patented it in lieu. A replica built from his plans failed to work.In 1810 German inventor Baltasar Krems invented a machine for sewing hats. The lack of a patent means the true facts of dates will never be known.In Austria, Josef Madersperger was granted patent rights in 1815 for a machine he had been perfecting since 1807. In 1841 he was awarded a bronze medal for his sewing machine, but no manufacturer was prepared to develop it. He is still regarded by Germany as the true inventor of the sewing machine.The first functioning sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. Unfortunately like the riots of the Luddites in England the French Tailors rioted and burnt his factory to the ground.In 1834, Walter Hunt built America's first successful sewing machine. Singer in the 1850s, built the first commercially successful machine using the lock stitch which was already patented.


Who invented the machine for sewing shoe soles onto uppers?

Lyman Reed Blake (1858)


What did Elias Howe patented aan in 1846 that made clothing production quicker.?

Howe invented the sewing machine.


Where did Elias Howe and Isaac Singer make their sewing Machine?

The sewing machine brooklyn

Related questions

What is the sewing machine first use for?

Sewing peoples clothes before there was stores to buy them at.


Who invented the modern sewing machien in 1846?

Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. It made producing clothes faster and easier. The speed at which it was produced couldn't be matched by hand.


What is an industrial sewing machine?

It is a device invented to automate the process of sewing fabrics on a large commercial scale. Likely all the clothes you are wearing where made in a factory by a person operating a large industrial sewing machine.


Who invented the sewing machine when and where?

Elias Howe invented the Sewing machine in 1846 in Boston Massachusetts


What do you call a machine that makes clothes?

what you call a machine that makes clothes is a sewing machine.


How did the sewing machine impact New York?

the sewing machine impacted America and New York because if the sewing machine was never invented, we would still be at the basics of making clothes. The need for clothing was needed for soldiers during the Civil War increased the use of the sewing machine in both factories and homes.


What year did Isaac Singer invent the sewing machine?

He invented the sewing machine!haha ur so funny.he didn't actually invent the sewing machine, Elias Howe was the original inventor(who eventually sued Singer for taking his idea)Singer improved the original invention by making it a smaller size that was more convenient for family and home use.


What is the machine that you can use to customize clothes and stuff?

Sewing machine


Who was the inventors of the sewing machine?

Elias Howe, invented the first sewing machine in 1846


What is the manufacturing of clothes?

sewing machine , scissors


How did they put their clothes together?

With a sewing machine.


How was the sewing machine invented?

it was invented by Elias Howe.