PC SEWING
By
Nancy Kinzie
Invented
Sewing Machine
• In 1790, by a Frenchman.
• To win a prize from Napoleon Bonaparte.
• He wanted uniforms for his army.
• Then in 1795, Napoleon gave a prize to
another Frenchman for inventing canned
food processing.
Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1830
Napoleon had 80 sewing machines in a
Paris workshop making French Army
Uniforms for his army. The war he started
Was called the French Revolution.
Napoleon was a Major at 24 years old and
A General at 26.
Sewing Machine
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Contains :
A needle and bobbin for the thread.
A source of energy. (hand operated)
Gears
By 1856
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Four companies were producing
sewing machines. In the next four
years (1860) more than 111,000
machines by 74 US companies.
Ten more years (1870) 700,000
machines were made.
1900
By 1900
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Additions to original machines included:
Zig zag stitches
Buttonholes
Two parallel seams with a double needle.
1936 First Computer Z1
Inside the Z1
In About 1979
• The Sewing Machines companies
working with the new computer
knowledge, put on the market a
computerized sewing machine. It took the
companies 40 years to blend the PC with
the sewing machine.
Now in today’s sewing machines
there are over 700 built in stitches.
The new presser feet moves two
layers of material at the same time.
Since the PC was internal on the
sewing machine, it gives a read out
of embroidery options.
PC connected to sewing machine
directly and has a USB port for a
memory stick.
Embroidery hoops come in several
sizes.
Now Compare
References
• www.husqvarnaviking.com
• www.inventorsabout.com/library
• www.pfaff.com
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“Practical Sewing” by Ladburg (published
In 1978)
www.dzgns.com
www.cmemag.com