When were sewing machines first invented?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We may not think much about sewing machines, but there are so many things we wouldn’t have without them! Think about how many things are sewn together in our everyday lives. Your shirts, pants, hats, pillows, backpack, even parts of your car seats! There’s no doubt that sewing machines were a revolutionary invention. But when exactly were the first ones made? We asked Articles of Interest host Avery Trufelman to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s got you in stitches? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help thread the needle! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.
0:05.8	Um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, Mom and of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Ruby Guthrie.
0:13.9	Um.
0:16.4	One thing about me, I love clothes.
0:21.0	Bright pattern dresses, funky jackets, sweater vests.
0:24.7	Oh my gosh, so many sweater vests.
0:27.5	I have a lot of clothes.
0:29.5	And sometimes they wear down or get holes in the elbows or knees.
0:34.2	Maybe they don't fit quite right.
0:36.8	So when that happens, I call up my mom because she is
0:41.3	super at sewing. I mean, she hemmed my jeans and made me a set of pot holders for my kitchen.
0:47.4	She even made a quilt out of some of my old clothes that I grew out of. What can I say? We love to
0:52.7	repair, reuse, and recycle. My mom is so awesome,
0:57.0	she's inspired me to start sewing. Starting with a cape, because mark my words, capes are
1:03.3	coming back in a big way next season. Plus, they're basically just a big rectangle, so it seems
1:09.9	like a good first project.
1:11.9	I really think I'm getting the hang of this.
1:14.5	Well, kind of.
1:16.4	The sewing machine is such an awesome invention.
1:19.4	I wonder when exactly were sewing machines invented.
1:23.2	Santiago was curious about this, too.
1:30.3	So many inventions that affect this every day when you ask like, who invented the internet?
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