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The Singer Sewing Machine Factory fire that burned for over 24 hours was under control Saturday morning with only a few hot spots left to be doused, according to a Facebook post from the Elizabeth ...
A sewing machine at Stitch & Time, a Colonie Center store offering handmade goods and one-on-one sewing and crochet classes, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Colonie, NY. Jim Franco/Times Union ...
Fire companies from all over Union County were standing by to assist, he said. The roofs of at least three warehouses collapsed during the fire, which was first spotted about 5:30 a.m. by a ...
Gloversville In this city once known for its textile industry, Swiss businessman Hanspeter Ueltschi demonstrated Monday how his family's company, Bernina, is able to sell $10,000 sewing machines ...
Inside the Charitable Union gift shop in Battle Creek, the sewing efforts are on full display in the quilts, star-shaped baby buntings, handbags, “scrubbies,” pot holders, trash bags, bowl ...
Sally Wood of Palmyra gets a lesson on her new sewing machine at Hoover’s Bernina Sew in Mifflinburg. ... MIFFLINBURG — Hoover’s Bernina Sew in Union County had humble beginnings, ...
John Niles sometimes puts a simple sign — white background, black letters — outside his house in a woodsy subdivision in the St. Augustine suburbs. SEWING MACHINES, it reads. No kidding ...
A little more than a year after the first sewing-machine patent was granted, Mr. BEAN, of New-York, obtained a patent for using the common sewing-needle with machinery.
Jacksonville Florida Times-Union. John Niles sees all kinds of vintage sewing machines coming in for repair in his St. Augustine garage, something not many people specialize in these days.
Four Union for Jewish Women (UJW) sewing students have sewed their way to graduation. The graduation ceremony was held at Oxford Shul in Riviera on July 4. Sewing school manager Ariane Heneck said ...
In 1939, the U.S. War Department contracted the Singer Sewing Machine Company to build 500 1911A1s. The contract, Educational Order W-ORD-396, was a test to see if Singer could produce 100 guns a ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman suggests there are 35,000 outworkers, but the Textiles Clothing and Footwear (TCF) union says it is closer to 45,000. ... Hearing the sound of sewing machines on the streets.