Funny Sewing Machine Fact
Just for fun, I am reading a VERY OLD VERSION (Copyright 1982! HA!) of the book “Fashion: From Concept to Consumer” (sick isn’t it?) and I read something that tickled my funny bone: The first man, a Frenchman, to patent a wooden sewing machine in 1825 lost all his machines in a Tailors riot. The…
Just for fun, I am reading a VERY OLD VERSION (Copyright 1982! HA!) of the book “Fashion: From Concept to Consumer” (sick isn’t it?) and I read something that tickled my funny bone:
The first man, a Frenchman, to patent a wooden sewing machine in 1825 lost all his machines in a Tailors riot. The Tailors feared for their jobs! HA! Now, I know that at the time, this was a serious situation – all clothes were made by individuals, by hand, custom for each client so the threat of industrialization was real – but I just imagine all these tailors rushing this poor man’s home or shop and ruining this staple of our industry today and it just struck me as funny. I am strange, though! But seriously – what would we do without our sewing machines!?!
Just had to share!
Fun fact! 🙂 I don’t know what I’d do without my sewing machine! I would never have the patience to sew everything by hand! LOL
Wow! That’s crazy! It’s so interesting to think about how people viewed new inventions when they first came out – makes you wonder about your opinions about certain things now, huh?Also, I made a pioneer dress and apron for a church play ENTIRELY by hand – just to have done it! And, it was actually very fun! However, it did take awhile (compared to using a machine), so I can understand why people had so little variety of clothes back then. 🙂