The home sewing maching, produced by Isaac Singer in 1851, made dressmaking quicker
and easier. This is a treadle sewing machine, powered by rocking
your foot to leave your hands free for sewing.
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the sewing machine and an 1882 leaflet of Butterick paper sewing patterns, which made it possible
to make the latest fashions at home.
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