Saturday, April 25, 2015

Women Sewing Throughout History- in Pictures

I came across this post on About.com entitled, "Quilting and Sewing are a part of Women's History". I fell in love with the photo of the women's sewing class in 1899 and decided to share them all here. Enjoy!

 Original Singer sewing machine, built in 1854
Original Singer Sewing Machine - Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images



Singer sewing machine, 1860, the sewing machine is sitting on a crate labeled Singer's Patent Sewing Machines
Singer Sewing Machine 1860 - Photo by Getty Archives



Two sisters sewing, 1865

Two Sisters Sewing, 1865 - Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images



Victorian couple with sewing machine, c. 1865
Couple with Sewing Machine, about 1855 - Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images



Young women sewing by hand and with sewing machines, taken in 1899 at the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Greensboro, NC.
Young women sewing, 1899 - Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images



Singer Treadle sewing machine

Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Singer Treadle Sewing Machine



Portrait of Woman Sewing
Portrait of Woman Sewing - Photo from the Library of Congress



Woman sewing on an electric sewing machine, 1925

Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Woman Sewing on an Electric Sewing Machine, 1925



Quilter and her grandson working on a quilt in Oklahoma, 1936

Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Working on a Quilt in Oklahoma, 1936


 Husband watching his wife laying out applique pieces
.Arranging her quilt applique pieces. What a wonderful old picture!!



Embroidered Quilt with quiltmaker, Mrs. Bill Stang of Pie Town, NM, c. 1940, 48 blocks for the 48 states at the time
Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Embroidered Quilt with Quiltmaker, about 1940



Woman piecing a Lone Star Quilt, c. 1942
Hand Piecing a Lone Star Quilt - Getty Images




Mother and Daughter sewing together, c. 1949
Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Mother and Daughter Sewing



Child sewing on a toy sewing machine, c. 1945


Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Child Sewing on a Toy Sewing Machine




 Lone Star Quilt at the Pennsylvania Dutch Fair in Hershey, 1955Quilting and Sewing Are a Part of Women's History: Vintage Lone Star Quilt at the Pennsylvania Dutch Fair in Hershey


This image was not part of the post but it's one of my favorite vintage sewing pictures.
Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy, from the episode "Lucy Wants New Furniture".
My wonderful sister printed this for me to hang in my new sewing room. I think we all know this feeling!

I have this picture framed in my sewing closet. This is pretty much how I feel every time I sit down to my machine.

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