When 13-year-old Porter Durden-Spiro was only 7, she lost the love of sewing, but the Family and Consumer Science classes at Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School reignited her appreciation. Funding from ...
but sewing machines have been around for a very long time. In addition to showing how a chain stitch and lock stitch work, the video shows the history of the machines, including 50,000-year-old ...
[Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag ... quite cheaply in their Shapeways store. Got an old machine you don’t know what to do with?
Until the 1970s, many Japanese households had foot-powered sewing machines. These have long been eclipsed by electric models - yet many vintage machines are still gathering dust in people's homes.