History of the early Sewing Machine By junebride2803 Period: Apr 9, 1750 to Apr 9, 1900 Early Sewing Machine Apr 9, 1790 Thomas Saint was issued thefirst patent for a completesewing machine (1790) Apr 9, 1810 Balthasar Krems inventedan automatic machinefor sewing caps (1810) Apr 9, 1814 Austrian tailor, Maderspergertriet to make a machinenot successful (1814) Apr 9, 1830 First functional machine madeby a French tailor namedBarthelemy Thimonnier (1830) Apr 9, 1834 Lock-stitch machinepatented by Walter Huntin US (1834) Apr 9, 1842 John Greenough patents the firstmachine in us (1842) Apr 9, 1845 Elias Howe getspatent (1845) Apr 9, 1851 Isaac Singer patentshis first machine(1851) Apr 9, 1854 Howe wins patent infringement suit Apr 9, 1856 Sewing Machine Combinationformed (1856) Apr 9, 1877 Merrow invents firstcrochet machine (1877)