The sewing machine can’t do a backstitch with a single thread as you might expect, it’s very difficult for a machine to pass the thread though the fabric in its entirety on each stitch.

Georgal, owner of Village Smithy Emporium, moved her store from Fairview into Erie's Liberty Plaza, selling fabrics and sewing items.

In addition to fabrics, sewing patterns, buttons, zippers, curtain rods, sewing machines, other sewing notions and craft items can be sold as a method to increase the selection of goods available ...

fabrics, and sewing machines. Even the simple clothespin is well represented, with 41 patent models. This sampling of patent models from the Textile Collection describes the two major groupings, ...