Q – I want to know the value of a Little Comfort Improved Hand Sewing Machine, still in its original box (measuring 8 by 8 by 3 inches), manufactured by Smith & Egge Manufacturing Company. The box ...

Debby Parise from Glyndon finds old sewing machines (like this hand crank-operated British Harrodia, which was originally sold at Harrods department store in London from 1920 to 1925), cleans them, ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sew Old Antique and Vintage Sewing Machine Repair is run out of Maggie West’s home in Maryville. In West’s basement, her workspace houses a welded worktable and a collection of ...

This could probably be any of our grandmothers at work. George Grantham Bain Collection [PD], via Wikimedia Commons. In our hackspace, we’ve opened a textile room in the last month. We have high hopes ...

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KARACHI: There was a time when every home here had a well-oiled fully functional sewing machine always in good working order to be able to mend or make small alterations to clothing materials. Maybe ...

The last time a piece of technology significantly overhauled the textile industry, it was 1842 with the invention of the sewing machine. Today, robots can handle parts of the garment-making ...