Whether you have inherited an old sewing machine or picked one up at the local thrift shop, it's totally normal to be curious ...

[Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag stitches (/\/\/\) and converting to a treadle drive (mechanically foot-fed) — a Singer 411G. This is a well ...

Author Martha Stewart writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Isaac Merritt Singer's sewing machine was a vast improvement upon earlier versions, capable of 900 stitches a minute -at a time when ...

CLINTON - Pedals for Progress will collect used bicycles and sewing machines from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 10, at ...

The Singer Sewing Machine Company is credited – that’s the right word – with popularizing the idea of the installment plan. Starting in 1856, a customer could buy a sewing machine for a very modest ...

Missteps, Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practice Led to a Fatal Crash New details revealed by The Times show the complex failures on Jan. 29 before an Army helicopter crashed into a je ...

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