Mono Monday - inventors

Ok Monday, usual routine. Admin day at work, then out at my lace group this evening. :)

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The mono Monday challenge today, an invention in the 18th century.

In 1790 Thomas Saint invents the sewing machine. He took out a British patent no 1764 on a machine for “quilting, stitching and sewing, and for making shoes, and other articles.” His device had many features of today’s sewing machines. It had an overhead arm to take the stitching awl and a tensioning system. The awl pierced the material and a forked rod carried the thread through the hole, where it would be hooked underneath and moved to the next stitching place. The cycle would then be repeated, so locking the stitch.

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Thank you laurie54 for the challenge.

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