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THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE. 81
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Yet More Far Ancient From Having Than Ev...
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if edge a fell , ed is ge to for be a formed simple . seam In , this or one process a little also beyond , a par the t of oth the er be t at the
sam appara e dis tus tance provides from t that he ed the ge as seana it was it shal is l t always at the commencem kep considered ent ,
and so accurately is this done that no longer now subm necessary itting to them tack to together the machin the eas pieces was formerl to be y seamed always before found
requisi But te another . is often , called for in the making of
process clothing stitches , that of in " all gathering the other * , " kinds of firm work that tig it ht is rather the
hard to conceive appear how they are to be adapted to this ; the means however , are extremely simple , it is but to turn and a screw when which the
s leaves titchin one is of finish the ed threads it is found loose , that or unlocked on this , loose thread the g fabric can be drawn up to any fulness required celebrated . needle and
Such is a brief description of the made shuttle b , or Messrs as it is . Thomas frequentl . The called distinguishing , Lock Stitch ch M aracteristic achine , as '
of the m y achine after the needle and shuttle , is the long-arm which carries the shuttle , and which permits any tubular and worked kind
in of work all o , ther such machines as coat sleeves the work , to be is easil laced y adjusted on a flat surface or ; tableand in making sleeves and similar p articles considerable
con difficulty trary , there is experienced is none , whil and e where in a Thomas again long machine leng , ths on the are
required , to be sewn , and ; in quilting petticoats , & c ., certainly these machines are the most convenient
. infl But uence we and may its gain capability a clearer if view we see of it the in sewin action g on machine a larg ' e s
ad p scale rinci j in pal then an , agen ex to tensive t the in l performing manufactory premises , the , of where an work enterprising it has required been . city made Let firm the us
hundred carry ourn ing on work a peop man ufac arge , tory all , except employing about betw twen eeen ty five -five of the six , le
ar number ticle of t , being cl No othing vestment females , which , and is ye it t can which eng scarce aged decency ly in claim m aking m the ands one name to sing of veil a
onl garm the y form an en unessen . , or co tial mfor adjunct t claims to t comp o wra lete p the attire limbs t , t he f mere rom scrol cold l flourish of , but her ,
added by fashion in a moment of caprice o requ This irements trivial littl ; in e article a word has , nei ther wever more to nor go throug less th h an no — less a collar than .
passing twelve separate first from processes the cutter , - in out the to the course , preparers of its , who comp pla le ce tion and ,
The Needle And The Sewing Machine. 81
THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE . 81
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/9/
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