I bought this gorgeous machine at the bins 2 days ago. They don’t let you plug things in at the bins, so I just tested it by moving the flywheel. It seemed to stitch OK. I brought it home.
The machine is the older style with two plugs – one for the light and one for the motor. They both plug into the cord attached to the pedal. The outlets are marked, one for...
Elias Howe tried for years to invent a sewing machine but he was perpetually stumped. Instead of “thinking outside the box,” he tried to create a machine to replicate the motions of hand sewing using a hand sewing needle. Elias just couldn’t conceive of sewing without the seamstress…even if she was mechanical.
Looking at sewing machines now, it’s...
For day #11, I talked to Lara of A Mountain Hearth – an unparalleled homesteader, mountain-woman and momma of twins – about the history of Seminole patchwork.
The story of Seminole patchwork is intertwined with resistance to colonization, unlikely alliances, an invention called the hand-crank sewing machine, tourism, industrialization, lady ingenuity and, of course,...
How are your sewing room ergonomics? Do you hurt after you sew? I used to….but not anymore! This is a no-brainer but I’ll say it anyways: sewing shouldn’t hurt. I knew for a long time that my set up wasn’t ergonomic but, like many problems, I was too lazy to deal with it.
Here’s what OSHA says you should be doing at your sewing machine:
Makes...
Have you seen the new April 2011 issue of Sew Hip magazine? I’m in it! Here’s my article spread…
It’s called The Secret Life of Sewing Machines but on the cover it is billed as Discover: 5 Secrets of Your Sewing Machine. I like both titles. My article is about the “strange and sordid past” of your friend, the sewing machine. I talk about the riots,...
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