Sewing machine

Sewing Timeline

By carmack08
  • 40,000 BCE

    Paleolithic Age

    Paleolithic Age
    Inuit members used sinew from caribou as thread and bones as needles to hand stitch, and animal hides as cloth. During this period, they using sewing to build tipi shelters.
  • 4000 BCE

    First Use of Cloth

    First Use of Cloth
    This was when actual cloth starting being used instead of animal hides. This happened in the Middle East
  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty

    Han Dynasty
    People in China during the Han Dynasty began using thimble during this time after they were invented.

  • Needle Patent

    Needle Patent
    Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal received the first patent for the sewing needle. It had a double pointed needle with an eye at one end

  • Leather Sewing Device

    Leather Sewing Device
    A patent was given to Henry Lye for a device that sews leather.

  • Wheel Driven Rod

    Wheel Driven Rod
    Barthelemy Thimonnier used a wheel driven rod to move the needle up and down

  • First Automatic Sewing Machine

    First Automatic Sewing Machine
    Elias Howe patented the first Automatic Sewing Machine for home use.

  • Feeding System

    Feeding System
    Benjamin Wilson made an automatic feeding system

  • Wilson and Wheeler

    Wilson and Wheeler
    Nathaniel Wheeler goes into business with Wilson to produce a rotary hook

  • Electric Machine

    Electric Machine
    The first electric sewing machine was made at this time by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.