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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318384 | Diagonal sewing guide—sew easy guide A sewing and quilting device called a SEW EASY GUIDE. This device features an essentially rectangular strip of thin, clear, and flexible plastic material with markings, the strip having a top surface, a length, and a width, and the device having a needle aperture an... | 01/15/2008 |
| 6944963 | Pattern-profile measuring device This invention pertains to the art of methods and apparatuses associated with measuring and profile tools utilized in crafts, particularly in the design of quilts. More specifically, the invention provides an improved measuring tool that incorporates a variety of un... | 09/20/2005 |
| 5908004 | Method and apparatus for manipulating and sewing flexible fabrics Sewing apparatus for joining a first panel and a second panel and having an arm that is rotated about an axis normal to the surface of the first panel to rotate the first panel, a shoe biased to follow an edge of the first panel as the first panel is fed ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5632213 | Presser foot with workpiece guide for sewing machines A presser foot for sewing machines including a body portion formed with a recess at a lower end thereof and a threaded hole above the recess, a knob having a cylindrical member having a large diameter at a first end and a small diameter at a second end, t... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5483908 | Blowing device on a sewing machine for uncurling the edge of sewing material A sewing machine having a blowing device which comprises an angularly constructed step, into which opens an opening from which a gas stream blows towards a curled edge of a workpiece for the purpose of uncurling the edge of the workpiece.... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5335612 | Anti-pucker presser foot The invention provides a method of and a device for reducing pucker between layers of sheet material during a sewing process wherein an upper layer and a lower layer of material are fed to a stitch formation zone by means of a reciprocating lower feed-dog... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5119746 | Sewing method and apparatus for overedge sewing A sewing method and apparatus is disclosed for preventing raveling of a cut cloth edge in the making of garments such as slacks and skirts. A pair of sewing machines symmetrically arranged with respect to a cloth feeding line are disposed oppositely to ea... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5042407 | Device having adjacent plates with thread gripping surfaces for controlling thread tension therebetween A device is provided for controlling the tension of a longitudinally moving thread. The device includes at least two adjacent plates which are applied one against the other and between which the thread passes. The plates, and thus the thread, can be tight... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4359955 | Detachable presser foot A presser foot is disclosed which includes a quick connection and disconnection apparatus for connecting the presser foot shoe thereof to a connecting member which is adapted to be connected to a presser foot bar of a sewing machine utilizing the presser ... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4281608 | Cantilevered braking guide for attaching slide fastener chains In sewing work for attaching slide fastener chains to fabric or leather articles, a device for controlling the traveling velocity of the fastener chain is provided, comprising a pair of upper and lower cantilever members supported by a supporting member o... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4159001 | Presser foot for a concealed slide fastener A presser foot for a concealed slide fastener has a sole plate slidably supported on a stem, the sole plate having in its sole a pair of guide grooves extending along the length thereof. A first needle hole in the sole plate is located between the guide g... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4069780 | Sewing machine with means for stitching slide fastener stringers onto a relatively thick article A twin-needle sewing machine for stitching lap seams which have been produced by basting a pair of fastener stringers to the edges of an article bounding an opening therein and then by folding the article edges along the basting lines. The sewing machine ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4022139 | Tacker guide and method A tacking sewing machine having a presser foot and needle for tacking multiple fabric plies in which a fabric limiting or stop means positions the fabric plies to be tacked and fabric guide means cooperatively associated therewith guides fabric plies to t... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4010701 | Sewing machine accessory An independent guide device is positionable on the supporting surface of the plate and in intermittent contact with the feeder of a sewing machine for guiding the needle of the machine in an irregular pattern. The guide device comprises a pair of compleme... | 03/08/1977 |
