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Thomas Saint one creater of the sewing machine
Thomas Saint Sewing Machine Not only did he patent a sewing machine but also he provided enough plans that a replica could be built. His invention was mostly used to sew saddles, bridles, and other leather goods. He took a patent on a machine that could do three important thing: Quilting, Sewing, and Swtiching and make shoes, etc. Was also sometimes made for the canvas for making sails. -
Charles Weisenthal created the first needle
Charles Wisenthal
He created the first proper needle to be used for the sewing machine. It wasnt the best of all of the needles but it did work. He is only know for making the double-pointed needle used for the sewing machine. That is the only thing he is credited for he isnt credited for making a sewing machine -
Baltasar Krems created a unique form of sewing machine
Baltasar Krems Sewing Machine
He invented the sewing machine needle with the eye at the pointed end. Balthasar's sewing machine was pedal operated and sewed a continuous-circular chain-stitch with a basic wheel feed mechanism. His form of sewing creared the chain-stich was used for caps and cardigans for the military. It was basic but it worked faster than sewing by hand. -
Josef Madersperger made a more comlicated version of the sewing machine
Josef M. Was an Austrian tailor, his machine is thought to be created as a couched stitch which was different then most of the other stitches that have been made. The stich was only useful when they needed to embroidered something was not used for seaming. He then fixed his orginal machine that he for a patent for and created another sewing machine that was improved. -
Barthelemy Thimonnier created a wood sewing machine
Barthelemy Thimmonier He was credited for making the first working machine. The machine, made of wood actually produced a chain stitch. In fact it worked so well that he gained a contract to build loads of them. They were used to sew uniforms for the French army. -
Walter Hunt improved sewing machine patent
Walter Hunt Sewing Machine He created a sweing machine that used a different type of needle then anyone had used before him it was called the eye-pointed needle and this created the idea of oscillating shuttle. created the first sewing machine to make a lock stitch when sewing. He used a curve needle instead of a straight needle. -
John James Greenough created a sewing machine with a stitch forming mechanism
John Greenough Sewing Machine He patented a sewing machine with a stitch forming mechanism. It had a device for presenting work onto a double pointed needle with an eye in the middle. This machine created a special stitch called the running stich was created by driving a double pointed needle through the material. He was the patented the first machine in the US -
Elias Howe made the first proper sewing machine
Elias Howe
His machine was different then any one else’s, he added new parts, and improved it. The sewing machine sews in a simple way it wasn’t hard. Howe invented the eye-pointed needle. Howe was the first inventor to have the foresight to patent its use, which resulted in Howe becoming a very wealthy man -
Isaac Singer made the first reliable sewing machine
Isaac Singer He patented his sewing machine that combined several concepts used by previous inventors along with some innovations of his own. His orginal designed had the following a vertical foot presser, and rigid arm that moved the needle up and down and back forth which was very much needed during this time. Also, one of his later models he added a presser foot so the foot could be powered by one foot. -
Charles Judkins created 1st power driven sewing machine
Charles Judkins He created a sewing machine that worked 500 stiched per minute, that is more than another sewing machine made during the Industrial Revolution. The machine made a lock-stich pattern and had a shuttle, that was invisible. Charles Judkins always was partened with another company, he was never by himself. -
Allen Wilson and Nathaniel Wheeler created an form of sewing machine
Allen Wilson
Allen Wilson created a rotary hook carrying. also the small serrated bar which pops up through the table near the needle, moves forward a tiny space, carrying the cloth with it, drops down just below the upper surface of the table, and returns to its starting point, to repeat over and over. Together Allen Wilson and Nathaniel Wheeler created the Wilson & Wheeler company -
Ebenezer Butterick
Tissue Paper Design
Ebenezer and his Ellen Augusta inveted the tissue paper dseign for the dress. He also created the first standard clothing size chart. His tissue paper design wasnt just for one size like the paper pattern, his was made for all different kinds of sizes and could be enlarged. By 1871, he had sold 6 million alone, most anyone that has every sold that many before! -
Helen Augusta Blanchard
ZigZag Sewing Machine She made the first zig-zag sewing machine. Her sewing machine sits in the National Museum of American History. She patents for other things incuding: a pencil sharpener, elastic seams for clothes and stuff for shoes. This sewing machine really improved the efficieny and productivity ofthe clothing industry. -
Ellen Curtis Demorest
The Paper Pattern in the dressEllen Curtis Demorest created the paper pattern for clothing for the kids clothes. She saw her maid cutting out a dress from wrapping papaer and that is why she made the design for the paper pattern. Her success for designing this pattern made women eager to want the latest fashions and accessories in New York. The first time that she cut a dress, she used cheap brown papaer. -
Willcox and Gibbs made the first besting selling sewing machine
willcox and gibbs James Gibbs created the first chain-stich single -thread. There sewing machine that they created was one of the most collected sewing machine of all time! There sewing machine was made in a circular design so it was very different from most sewing machine and was very popular. Their sewing machine that they made in 1890 is still used today, but of course it has very many improvements. T -
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