Sewing Goes Electric

By | January 14th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized, Victorian Era|Tags: , , , , , , , |

by Donna Klein   Menlo Park and the Light Bulb   As a young girl growing up in New Jersey, history was interesting but mainly taken for granted. We were surrounded by historical markers for everything, including many that inferred 'George Washington slept here.' My father's brother and his family lived in Edison and for [...]

The Sewing Machine – Changing Fashion Forever

By | January 7th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized, Victorian Era|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

by Donna Klein   Early Attempts at Creating a Sewing Machine   One of the greatest inventions of the Victorian era is the sewing machine, but its roots run all the way back to the 18th century. After more than 20,000 years of hand sewing, and nearly 300 years after the advent of the first [...]