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A Look at Embroidery Sewing Machines

September 15, 2008 on 11:27 am | By admin | In Arts

With the rapid advancement in technology for electric sewing machines a machine for every type of stitch was being born.  It took several tries, however, to come up with a machine that could handle the task of Artichoke Needlework Embroidery.      Thomas Stone and James Henderson were granted a French patent in 1804 for “”a machine that emulated hand sewing.”"  That same year a patent was granted to Scott John Duncan for an “”embroidery machine with multiple needles.”" The machines of all three men were unsuccessful and never came to being. It wasn’t until 1860, that Isaak Groebli combined previous hand looming techniques with existing sewing machine technology to create the first embroidery sewing machine.       The technology advanced greatly in 1911 when…