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    Cotton Gin Research Paper

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    The year is 1793 and one of the best inventions possibly in all of American history has just been created. This machine allows for farmers to separate cotton seeds from the cotton with ease and without having to do it by hand. This wonderful machine is called to cotton gin and the model consisted of a wooden cylinder surrounded by rows of spikes, which pulled the lint through the bars of a grid The grids were closely spaced, preventing the seeds from passing through. Loose cotton was pushed…

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    My Favorite sewing tools Sewing Tools to get started So you have a sewing machine, but what else do you need? Steam iron Sewing and pressing go hand in hand. Press all seams open or to the side before you sew the next step and it will give you much better end results. Using steam will make it even easier. I can remember the first time I used a steam iron and it was such an eyeopener. Fabric scissors / paper scissors / snip You want them all. I don't have a fancy pair of sciccors. I buy…

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    educators, first, for sewing activities, we need to give children space to make their own decisions and provide encouragement as needed along the way for their creativity. Children who feel confident usually take sewing activities’ materials they are given and start right away making decisions about how they want to use the materials. For instance, educators need to let children pick the pattern, fabric, notions, thread, etc. We need to allow children to pick every aspect of the sewing project…

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    Elias Ife Research Paper

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    Elias Howe – Sewing machine ⦁ American, pioneer, a man of many things, inventor of the new constructed sewing machine, Elias Howe Junior, was born on the 9th of July 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts to Doctor, Elias Howe and Polly Howe (Bemis). He died on the 3rd of October 1867. He had eight siblings, three brothers, Amasa Bemis Howe, Sylvester Howe, Horace Smith Howe and five sisters, Eliza Howe, Corintha Howe, Juliett Howe, Fannie Howe and Mary Howe. ⦁ At age eleven, Howe was apprenticed by…

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    used for sewing was usually made of animal veins and body parts. Sewing is the craft of using stitches for attaching objects with the use of thread and needle. Previously, sewing was carried out by hand but it was in the 19th century that sewing machines were invented resulting n the production of sewn objects such as household linens, clothing, upholstery, bookbinding and shoemaking. There are different varieties of sewing machine available in the recent times among which the industrial sewing…

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    For my something new project, I chose to do needlework and sewing. My mom brought the idea of doing needlework along with sewing because I would be able to learn how to do different stitches and make something decorative for my room. The embroidery projects that she made displayed many intricate details. I thought, I might as well try it because it looked like it was an entertaining project. In addition, I also chose to do sewing because I knew my grandma had done it for most of her life. My…

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    people could be good at many things most people are good at many things, but myself is only good at three things hair, sewing and cooking I love and enjoy doing all three things I think I am pretty good at them I have been doing hair for a long time now and have been sewing for a short period. I believe all three things is a talent it takes a lot of skills to know how to go them. Doing hair is something I love to do have I been doing hair since I was 8 ½ my mom bought me a doll and told me to…

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    Mr Elias Lee Speech

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    :Ladies and gentlemen! it is a pleasure and a wonderful privilege to be here with you today. Today we will honor the work Mr. Elias Howe put in this world by inventing the sewing machine, there are many other wonderful inventors that invented other types of sewing machines, we should thank him for their work too. Thank you for being here everyone please relax and enjoy the speech! Mr. Elias Howe was born in Spencer Massachusetts, he was schooled at a local school with his brother Amasa, he…

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    Personal Narrative Essay

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    I imagined myself sitting at my brown hardwood table preparing my sewing machine. I grabbed my brand new silver needle and camouflage thread, and I positioned the tools into my white and blue sewing machine labeled "Brother" across the top. I slid my soft royal blue cotton fabric underneath the sewing needle and pressed my foot lightly on the bumpy pedal. The sewing machine came to life with a roaring sound. Instantly, the small silver needle arose and begun a ripple…

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    Morgan was an inventor. With only an elementary school education; he made a trail for future African-American inventors. He started having an eye for inventing at a young ages; that when Mr. Morgan knew he found his dream job. Mr. Morgan improved the sewing machine and, a hair straighten product. Garret Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris Kentucky. He was the seventh child out of a total of eleven children. Mr. Morgan was not totally in African American; he was actually mixed. His…

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