Pictured is my Singer treadle sewing machine dating to about 1901, previously my mother's and my grandmother's. Many inventors modified and improved sewing machines through the 1800s. Elias Howe ...

[Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag stitches (/\/\/\) and converting to a treadle drive (mechanically foot-fed) — a Singer 411G. This is a well ...

An endangered Sumatran elephant has been born on Indonesia. The female has not yet been given a name. She is healthy and weighs an impressive 104 kilos.

That’s how we feel about sewing machines. Sure, there’s a motor. There’s a needle and some thread. But how does the machine make a stitch? We always wondered, but after watching a recent ...

It is estimated that over a million sewing machines are now at work in the United ... the body in a manner free from the objections of the treadle motion would be better. The slight swaying ...

The crank shaft can be revolved either by working the treadle with the feet or by means of the rod. In case the machine is not provided with this pitman, a bar is clamped on the usual pitman near ...

Visitors take note as Metro Parks Slate Run Living Historical Farm worker Natelle Ball demonstrates the use of a treadle ...

There are foot-pedaled treadle machines from the 19th century ... and the family recently decided that her collection of sewing machines — which filled a small house on the family’s farm ...