Sewing Machine

A long time ago people had to sew clothes by hand. They had to make pants by hand. They had to make shoes by hand. There were no machines to make the work go faster.

In 1830, a man had an idea. His name was Barthelemy. He lived in France. He wanted to make a machine that could sew faster than a person could sew by hand.

He made one that would work. It had a needle and thread that went up and down. The cloth stayed together. He could make clothes faster.

Other people who made clothes were angry. They burned his shop to the ground. They did not like it that he made a new machine. They were scared he would make all the money.

Two men made new machines. Elias Howe made a machine. Isaac Singer made a machine. They all could sew. Isaac’s was the best. It is still a great sewing machine today. It is called the Singer® Sewing machine.