Callie wanted to learn about who invented the sewing machine. As with the computer, and many other inventions it is impossible to pin down ONE person to the creation of such a magnificent machine. You could read for hours on the topic (I did) and still not really know WHO to attribute it to. Singer made a whole bunch of money off his innovations, but certainly did NOT invent the machine... and was at least the 20th person down the line to tinker with the idea.
This idea is great though... and there is probably a mom and pop shop in your town that would have one of these older machines, but I happened to have one in my home. This was Justin's grandma's machine. It is incredibly complicated, hard to use and yet yields very simple results. It will only to a single straight stitch, but the effort to get it to do that straight stitch is extraordinary. It basically gave us a headache looking at the manual together and trying to get the bobbin in. But, once the power was working... the kids LOVED pushing the level to make the needle pulse and Mariah was LOVIN' turning the control wheel!! I am glad the machine was at least heavy duty steel.
It was a simple lesson. People have ideas... do the best they can... and then the next person can improve it a bit. All of us contribute a little to great things. The key is to keep trying. And the best successes come from failures. Not that this machine is a failure... but I am sure glad there were people dissatisfied with it. It makes me appreciate my Pfaff a lot more!!!
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