Sewing Machine
A Machine in Every Home
Elias Howe
Elias Howe, born in 1819 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, created several prototypes of the sewing machine after his second sewing machine failed to make much money, Howe tried to get buyers interested without much progress. Soon after others inventors began copying Howe's sewing machine and his business boomed. Howe continued to make sewing machines each better than the last and did so until his death in 1867.
Competion Among Sewing Machine Manufactures
After Howe's death many manufactures fought control over this booming business. Soon they all came together to make one together created by their ideas. This model was a combination of every sewing machine and became so popular it was nearly in every home.
The History of the Sewing Machine
Many sewing Machines were made before Howe's to replace to replace the needle and thread that poked and prodded fingers. Thomas Saint, an Englishmen in the late 1700s, and Thimmonier, a Frenchman around Howe's time, worked 80 sewing machine to make army uniforms but jealous tailors broke into his workroom and destroyed his machines. Sadly, Thimmonier was never able to recreate his machine.
The Machine and it's Purpose
A machine to help a seamstresses' busy schedule and help her cut fingers was always thought of and many tried to help create it but nobody was successful until Howe's invention. This product's purpose to help seamstresses and clothing factories work faster, easier, and safer. Many seamstresses finger were, weary and cut and tired from sewing the needle back and forth.
The Sewing Machine: Today
Today sewing machines are found in homes, shops, small businesses, and some factories. Sewing machines are used by people young and old, from wanna-be fashion designers to be fixing a rip in their clothes, sewing machines are a household must. Today we use sewing machine like we did when they were first made to make clothes and mend them.