Discover the true story behind the sewing machine's invention. Explore its rich history, key inventors like Elias Howe and ...

In 1845, he built his first sewing machine and soon constructed an improved model, which he carried to the Patent Office in Washington to apply for a patent. He received the fifth United States patent ...

While visiting the Smithsonian Institution, we saw our Elias J. Howe sewing machine. Only theirs did not have the beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay that ours has. We find three patent dates on ours ...

Olsen, who also teaches sewing classes through the continuing education program, says 90 percent of problems experienced by beginning sewers is because “they haven’t threaded the machine right.” ...

It should be pointed out that Howe’s brother, Amasa B. Howe, founded the Howe Sewing Machine Co. in 1854, but the Howe Machine Co. -- the company that made the piece in today’s question ...

We have already noticed the fact that Mr. E. HOWE, Jr., is applying for an extension of his patent for the needle used in the best sewing machines.

While visiting the Smithsonian Institution, we saw our Elias J. Howe sewing machine. Only theirs did not have the beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay that ours has. We find three patent dates on ours ...

It should be pointed out that Howe's brother, Amasa B. Howe, founded the Howe Sewing Machine Co. in 1854, but the Howe Machine Co. –– the company that made the piece in today's question –– bought that ...