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The design of the sewing machine
The original design of the sewing machine was created by a English cabinetmaker named Thomas Saint and was originally design to stitch leather there is no record of him actually building the machine before he died. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-many-many-designs-of-the-sewing-machine-2142740/?no-ist -
Josef Madersperger
Josef Madersperger, a Viennese tailor, was later inspired by the original design of the sewing machine to improve and make his own. With every creation and new feature was added from only sewing straight lines to being able to stitching small circles and ovals.http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-many-many-designs-of-the-sewing-machine-2142740/?no-ist -
Barthelemy Thimonnier
A french tailor Bathelemy Thimonnier later invented a new design that allowed his machine to used a hooked or barbed needle to produce a chain stitch. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-many-many-designs-of-the-sewing-machine-2142740/?no-ist -
Walter Hunter
Walter Hunt, an American inventor, design a more simple to use sewing machine that used two needles, one with an eye on the point to produce a straight "lock stitch" seam. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-many-many-designs-of-the-sewing-machine-2142740/?no-ist -
Elias Howe
Elias Howe Was an American Inventor that made a handcranked sewing machine that had may similarities to Hunt's. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-many-many-designs-of-the-sewing-machine-2142740/?no-ist -
Isaac Singer
Isaac Singer was an America machinist, who redesigned the sewing machine by installing the presser foot for feeding fabric to the machine, due to the arm like apparatus that stretched over the work table his design was less likely to break it also could sew 900 stitches per minute. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/singer_hi.html
