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SEWING Q&A; SINGLE INVENTOR OF SEWING MACHINE HARD TO PIN DOWN
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Q. Can you settle a dispute on who invented the sewing machine? I
think it was Elias Howe, but my mother believes it was Isaac Singer.
A. I researched the sewing history and found, as early as 1790,
Thomas Saint of England experimented with the straight stitch with a
single thread, a forked needle, and an awl that preceded the needle
to poke the hole in the fabric. Although he is not credited for the
invention, he started other inventors thinking about a machine for
sewing clothes.
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