Sewing is one of the very oldest of the textile arts.  I love sewing though I wish I was more skilled at it.
I would love to be able to sew, but am not very good. My Mom was great at it. What sort of things do you sew?
I mend clothes using a sewing machine, though for many years all sewing was only done by hand.
I was taught hand sewing when I was young. I made a skirt - didn't turn out very well. Any ideas about the history of sewing?
Sewing has a long history - even before weaving fabric was invented, people sewed fur and skins together.
I didn't realize that, but it does make sense. When was the sewing machine invented, I wonder?
Sewing machine
A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and other materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790, the sewing machine has greatly improved the efficiency and productivity of the clothing industry.
Home sewing machines are designed for one person to sew individual items while using a single stitch type
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