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Inuit members used sinew from caribou as thread and bones as needles to hand stitch, and animal hides as cloth. During this period, they using sewing to build tipi shelters.
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This was when actual cloth starting being used instead of animal hides. This happened in the Middle East
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People in China during the Han Dynasty began using thimble during this time after they were invented.
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Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal received the first patent for the sewing needle. It had a double pointed needle with an eye at one end
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A patent was given to Henry Lye for a device that sews leather.
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Barthelemy Thimonnier used a wheel driven rod to move the needle up and down
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Elias Howe patented the first Automatic Sewing Machine for home use.
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Benjamin Wilson made an automatic feeding system
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Nathaniel Wheeler goes into business with Wilson to produce a rotary hook
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The first electric sewing machine was made at this time by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
