The sewing machines you’re probably familiar with ... create lace and even transform drawings and photographs into embroidered objets d’art—all with a few swipes on their touch screens.

Sewing, for me, is like drawing: A skill that allows me to create ... I feel that way about my sewing machine. It sits right at my dining table, like a sixth member of my family.

There were an incredible number of machine designs, patents, and — some things never change — patent lawsuits. Thomas Saint’s 1790 drawing for a leather sewing machine Here’s a brief ...

Fortunately, the patent drawings were discovered in 1847 by William Newton Wilson. A replica was built, which proved it worked. However, the first successful sewing machine was built in 1830 ...