Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Invention of the Sewing Machine
The history of the sewing machine is found at this site.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Sewing Machines
The Smithsonian Institute provides a comprehensive background of the sewing machine. Includes pictures, a timeline, literature and additional resources.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Sewing Machine
Illustrated article provides a discussion of the invention of the sewing machine.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Sewing Machine
A history of the sewing machine is given with a discussion of Elias Howe and the contributions of others to perfect and improve on the machine. Describes the types of stitches a sewing machine can do, and the social impact of the sewing...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The White Sewing Machine Alphabet by Levy & Alden
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The White Sewing Machine Alphabet for the Million by Levy & Alden (1884), an alphabet picture book using terms having to do with sewing machines.
University of Texas
Inisde Mathematics: Sewing [Pdf]
This task challenges young scholars to demonstrate understanding of the relationships between fractions, decimals and percents.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Elias Howe Sewing Machine
Detailed facts and fun information on Elias Howe who invented the world's first practical sewing machine in 1846.
Great Idea Finder
Sewing Machine History: Invention of the Sewing Machine
The history of the sewing machine dates back to 1755. This page describes the breakthroughs, ending with Singer's design in 1851. Links to sites about sewing machines.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Sewing Machine
The Smithsonian offers a brief description of Isaac Singer's sewing machine, along with a picture and patent information.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Isaac Merritt Singer
This founder of the first American multinational company innovated key elements in the design of the sewing machine and marketed it to households, freeing millions of women around the world from hand-sewing.
Read Works
Read Works: News Debate: Sew Long?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether home economics courses should or should not be taught in schools. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Curated OER
Gizmo Highway: History of the Sewing Machine
This page from Gizmo Highway presents a good history of the sewing machine, which also includes a picture.
Other
The Classroom Electric: Spiders, the Web, and Dickinson & Whitman
Based on Emily Dickinson's poem "A Spider sewed at Night" and Walt Whitman's poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the authors of this site seek to "explore the nature of creativity, artistry, and audience." They bring together existing...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Sewing Tools
EnchantedLearning.com provides a fill-in-the-blank drawing of various sewing tools, this page can be printed. This page also has a version that can be printed with labels already filled in.
Curated OER
Sewing Machine History: Invention of the Sewing Machine
The history of the sewing machine dates back to 1755. This page describes the breakthroughs, ending with Singer's design in 1851. Links to sites about sewing machines.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Dyula
"Dyula" is a Manding word typically referring to "traders" as a socio-professional category, particularly to Muslim long-distance traders who speak one or another dialect of Manding. The name is used as an ethnic label by...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Isaac Merrit Singer (1811 75)
Biographical sketch of inventor Isaac Merrit Singer, who produced the first commercially successful sewing machine in New York, in the late 1850s.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Young Woman Sewing by the Light of a Lamp
An image of "Young Woman Sewing by the Light of a Lamp", created by Georg Friedrich Kersting in 1823 (Oil on canvas, 40 x 34 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Woman Sewing on the Terrace
An image of "Woman Sewing on the Terrace", created by Cristiano Banti in 1882 (Oil on canvas, 31 x 15 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Young Mother Sewing
An image of "Young Mother Sewing", created by Mary Cassatt in 1900 (Oil on canvas, 92 x 74 cm).
NSTATE
People of Connecticut: Elias Howe
This site is provided for by Netstate.com. Who's who in Connecticut history? Elias Howe invented the first sewing machine. Biography and picture.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Elias Howe
A look at Elias Howe who patented the first sewing machine, and the two men who made improvements to it and made it a staple of garment factories.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Pasie Sewing in the Garden
An image of "Pasie Sewing in the Garden", created by Berthe Morisot in 1881 (Oil on canvas).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Women Working on Pillow Lace (The Sewing School)
An image of "Women Working on Pillow Lace (The Sewing School)", created by Giacomo Ceruti during the 1720's (Oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm).
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