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2. List of sewing machine brands - Wikipedia

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   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. [2]

3. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

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   Stretch stitch geometry is specifically for stretchability. While the needle is moving, as for straight or zigzag stitches, the feed dogs automatically move the fabric forward and backward. As with zigzag stitches, stretch stitching is controlled by mechanical cams, but because of the dual action, stretch stitch machines have double cams. As ...

4. Harriet Tracy - Wikipedia

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   Another one of Tracy’s prominent innovations was her lock-stitch and chain-stitch sewing machine. This sewing machine was so impressive, for its time, because “her improved bobbin which held up to 1,000 yards of thread hence reducing the number of times the bobbin thread had to be replaced, making it a time saver”. [10] These sewing ...

5. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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   The first machine to combine all the disparate elements of the previous half-century of innovation into the modern sewing machine was the device built by English inventor John Fisher in 1844, a little earlier than the very similar machines built by Isaac Merritt Singer in 1851, and the lesser known Elias Howe, in 1845. However, due to the ...

6. Bernina International - Wikipedia

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   Bernina International AG is a privately owned international manufacturer of sewing and embroidery systems. The company was founded in Steckborn, Switzerland, and develops, manufactures, and sells goods and services for the textile market, primarily household sewing-related products in the fields of embroidery, quilting, home textiles, garment sewing, and crafting.

7. A 19-year-old Walmart employee was found dead inside the ...

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   A 19-year-old woman in Canada was found dead on Saturday inside a Walmart bakery's industrial walk-in oven.. According to Halifax Regional Police, details surrounding the death are extremely ...