Belle Montgomery
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2017
- Location
- 44022
I've read a number of ACW Southern women's diaries and some had a sewing machines in their home to help make uniforms for their loved ones but had no idea according to this is was only 2%!
The elegance, speed, noiselessness and simplicity of the machine; the beauty and strength of the stitch:…impossible to ravel, and leaving no chain or ridge on the under side; the economy of thread and adaptability to the thickest or thinnest fabrics, have rendered this the most successful and popular sewing machine made. (Advertisement for a Weber Sewing Machine The Illinois Farmer VI 1861)
Although only perfected in 1854, seven years later the sewing machine was to play a major role in the production of uniforms for the Civil War.
Anyone who has every used a sewing machine knows that the formation of machine stitches depends on a complex arrangement of thread, needle, bobbin, and tension. It took much experimentation to develop machines that could replace hand sewing. The first attempts were most notable for their failure. For example...
REST of article:https://americancivilwarvoice.org/2014/06/03/the-sewing-machine-and-the-civil-war/
The elegance, speed, noiselessness and simplicity of the machine; the beauty and strength of the stitch:…impossible to ravel, and leaving no chain or ridge on the under side; the economy of thread and adaptability to the thickest or thinnest fabrics, have rendered this the most successful and popular sewing machine made. (Advertisement for a Weber Sewing Machine The Illinois Farmer VI 1861)
Although only perfected in 1854, seven years later the sewing machine was to play a major role in the production of uniforms for the Civil War.
Anyone who has every used a sewing machine knows that the formation of machine stitches depends on a complex arrangement of thread, needle, bobbin, and tension. It took much experimentation to develop machines that could replace hand sewing. The first attempts were most notable for their failure. For example...
REST of article:https://americancivilwarvoice.org/2014/06/03/the-sewing-machine-and-the-civil-war/