Sewing machines, threads, button boxes and fabric swathes have always held a nostalgia for me. At my late Granny Margaret’s home in the 1980s, boxes of buttons, beads and threads were something I ...

This sewing machine was one of the first ever manufactured by Singer. Singer sewing machines was founded by Issac Singer in 1850. This model was manufactured in 1865 in Singer's factory, New York.

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The motor in a standard sewing machine for home use is pretty small — about the size of a fist. Even the motor in my “heavy duty” Singer 4452, which is supposed to have 50% more power than a ...

BEAN, of New-York, obtained a patent for ... WILSON, and of I.M. SINGER & Co. The introduction of the sewing-machine into general use has been more rapid than that of any other invention.