I really like sewing. It really just takes a needle and thread to make stitches and a good eye!
Is it hard to learn to sew?
I don't think so. In fact people have been doing this textile art since the Paleolithic era. Wow!
How long ago was the paleolithic era?  Is that stone age time?
That's a little after the Stone Age. They think before spinning yarn or weaving fabric, people in the Stone Age used fur and skin clothing using bone as needles.
Interesting!  What specific supplies are needed to take up the hobby of sewing?
Really just a needle and thread. But of course after the Industrial Revolution a lot of sewing is done with machines and computerization which led to mass production.
That's true.  I am sure machines a way more efficient than people.  Don't a lot of third world countries do most of the sewing now days?
Productivity improving technologies
This article is about the important technologies that have historically increased productivity and is intended to serve as the History section of Productivity from which it was moved.
Productivity in general is often measured as a ratio of (aggregate) output to (aggregate) input in the production of goods and services. Productivity is increased by lowering the amount of labor, capital, energy or materials that go into producing any given amount of economic goods and services. Increases in productivity are largely responsible for the increase in per
Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.
For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The