Passion for Fashion

July 6, 2010 by BigToys  
Filed under Sewing Machine

I grew up wearing homemade clothes. My grandmother is a great seamstress and she would make me and my sister very nice dresses using her Singer sewing machine. I was always envied by my friends because my clothes look just like those seen in fashion magazines. I guess that was where my love for fashion [...]

A Short History of Singer Sewing Machine

June 4, 2010 by BigToys  
Filed under Sewing Machine

Before 1851, all sewing machines used an overhanging arm that held the needle directly and vibrated with it. Isaac M. Singer changed that when he patented the Singer sewing machine which was the first rigid-arm sewing machine. This sewing tool also include a table that would support the cloth horizontally unlike the old feed bar. [...]