to increace the making of clothes
Elias Howe
No, sewing was done by hand. The first sewing machine didn't come around until 1790.
Walter Hunt was from the state of New York. He was the first to build a working sewing machine, but he didn't patent his invention. He did not want to cause seamstresses to loose their jobs. Elias Howe was from the state of Massachusetts and invented the first Automatic Sewing Machine. Howe obtained the first patent for the machine. Both are American inventors from the east coast of United States.
Elias Howe made the first sewing machine in 1846
The Modern Sewing Machines can do some many stitches. The First Sewing Machines don't
In 1846, Elias Howe patented the first sewing machine.
Elias Howe, invented the first sewing machine in 1846
The first sewing machine was invented by Thomas Saint in London during the 1790's
Around 1844, 1845
the first practical sewing machine is credited to the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790
The first sewing machine.
1869