Sewing is connecting Egypt’s past to its present and passing on traditions of designing and making clothes at home to the ...

An AI model is infused with the socialist ideals of William Morris and operated by pressing the treadle of a vintage foot-powered sewing machine in this project by recent Central Saint Martins ...

On this day in 1855, American businessman Isaac Singer patented a motorized sewing machine that went on to be a household name across North America. Singer wasn't the first to market a sewing machine, ...

In our mass-produced world, finding something unique has become the retail equivalent of spotting a unicorn. SuperThrift is essentially a unicorn sanctuary. The building announces itself with a bright ...

This study examines the Singer Sewing Machine Company's strategies for selling family sewing machines on a global scale. In marketing the sewing machine, the American-headquartered Singer focused on ...

Living in the midst of a slightly failed society has given Greg King of Springwood cause to recall that “in the first episode of the sixth season of The West Wing, a props department error saw the ...

Living without electrical hookups often comes with compromises, but when Jane Hyman and her partner decided to commit to off-the-grid living in 2016, there was never a question of whether she would ...

Gabriel Bonnin, aka Singer Sound System, plays an electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy that’s driven by an old Singer sewing machine pedal. My instrument is an electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy. I just removed the ...

Black, cast iron, sewing machine treadle stand; two foot-shaped pedals at bottom; top is flat with square hole cut into it for sewing machine; cross brace at back; sides are ivy leaf design; treadle ...

The inquiry "Who invented the sewing machine?" has kept a lot of people talking for many, many years by many different people in many different sewing communities, and rightfully so. The sewing ...

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