in 1885 singer patented the singer vibrating shuttle sewing machine, which used allen b. wilson's idea for a vibrating shuttle and was a better lockstitcher than the oscillating shuttles of the time. millions of the machines, perhaps the world's first really practical sewing machine for domestic use, were produced until finally superseded by rotary shuttle machines in the 20th century. sewing machines continued being made to roughly the same design, with more lavish decoration appearing until well into the 1900s.