enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Allen B. Wilson - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_B._Wilson

   On February 3, he began the construction of his first machine, and about April 1 completed it, making with it dress waists and other articles requiring fine sewing. His machine differed from those invented by Elias Howe, in the fact that, having a double-pointed shuttle, combined with the needle, it made two stitches instead of one with each ...

3. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sewing_stitches

   types of hand sewing stitches. This is a list of stitches used in hand and machine sewing.The most common standard for stitches in the apparel industry is ASTM International ASTM D6193-16(2020) [1] The standard also covers various types of seams.

4. Wheeler & Wilson - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_&_Wilson

   Allen B. Wilson filed two important patents for Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machines: the rotating hook and the four-motion feed. [2] His first machine formed a lock stitch by means of a curved needle on a vibrating arm above the cloth plate, and a reciprocating two-pointed shuttle traveling in a curved race below the plate.

5. List of sewing machine brands - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sewing_machine_brands

   A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887 A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread . [ 1 ] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies.

6. Schiffli embroidery machine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiffli_embroidery_machine

   The hand embroidery machine used double ended needles and passed the needles completely through the fabric. Each needle had a single, continuous thread. Whereas the schiffli machine used a lock stitch, the same technique used by the sewing machine. By the early twentieth century schiffli machines had standardized to ten and fifteen meters in ...

7. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockstitch

   Industrial lockstitch machines with two needles, each forming an independent lockstitch with its own bobbin, are also very common. There are different types of lockstitch industrial machines. The most commonly used are the drop feed for light and medium duty, and walking foot for medium and heavy duty like the Class 7 with an impressive 3/4 ...

8. Hand embroidery machine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_Embroidery_Machine

   Multi-needle refers to fact that the machine has up to two rows of needles. Each needle creates a copy of the design. The satin stitch is created by passing the threaded needle completely through the fabric. The hand machine is the predecessor of the schiffli embroidery machine. The schiffli machine creates a lock stitch similar to a sewing ...

9. Sewing machine needle - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine_needle

   The majority of sewing machine needles are made of various grades of hardened steel coated with either nickel or chromium, though certain specialty needles are coated with titanium nitride on top of chromium. Titanium nitride is a reflective golden-colored ceramic material which reduces abrasion allowing the needle to stay sharper longer and ...