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    advisor to see if my idea would work. Next, I needed to call with the hospital I wanted to donate to, to see if there are any limitations or restrictions that I needed to work around. Once I figured this out I needed to research everything to know about sewing. I also needed to look up types of material…

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    Isaac Singer is an inventor of the 19th century. He invented the sewing machine. One of the quotes he said was “We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice” This shows that he is significant and important to this quote. Isaac Singer was an important figure in American history because he invented the sewing machine and it helped with many people lives. Isaac Singer was born October 27, 1811. He was born in Pittstown, New York. His parents were Adam Singer and Ruth Benson. Isaac Singer…

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    My Senior Project

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    English is much simpler than Spanish. The way we would make sure we were able to understand each other and be on the same page was by explaining in depth. For my senior project, I challenged myself to learn how to use the sewing machine and tailor jeans. I have never touched a sewing machine; it has been something that I’ve been interested for a long time. I have a big interest in fashion, Jerry Lorenzo was one of the first persons who got me interested…

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    sells and services Bernina sewing machines. Owner, Linda Fellows, started the Bobbin Case in 1992 at the corner of Monroe Avenue and Clover Street. Six years later she moved to the current location on Monroe Avenue, between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue. Linda prides herself with selling a well-made product and providing good service; the reason she has been in business for 24 years. Linda has a background in dressmaking and in 1985 filled some extra time selling sewing machines at…

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    The Detectives In the drama play “Trifles,” Minnie Wright is accused of killing her husband, Mr. Wright, in a brutal fashion by strangling with a rope in the middle of the night. The men, George Henderson, County Attorney; Henry Peters, Sheriff; and Lewis Hale, Wright’s neighbor are all trying to find a motive to put Mrs. Wright in jail for the crime, but the real detectives are the women, Mrs. Hale, Mr. Hale’s wife, and Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff wife. In the play, the women are the main two…

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    Thank you. I think I just have a lot of anxiety this time of year getting everything ready to go back to school and my family has been fighting a lot lately. None the less the fins are looking good. I mentioned earlier that I had some problems sewing…

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    the building. The sewing tables were set up so close so no girls could steal supplies. Their main concern was the girls not stealing things. That is also why the hallway to one of the stairways were so tight fitting, so guards could check bags so nothing was stolen.…

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    the metaphor ‘The deadly sewing machines were stitching their shrouds’ (Pg. 101). The reference to the sewing machines disguise the horror of reality. Due to the sound of a sewing machine, to the untrained ear it resembles that of a machine gun, masking the bloody certainty of war. With war comes death, and the mention of the shrouds indicates this. As the guns fire and people fight for their country, men fall to the ground dead, as the shrouds are stitched by the ‘sewing machines’ the brutal…

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    Emilius Nicolai Scherr

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    woods and plain polished surfaces. A great example of this style in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is a Reed Organ with Writing Table with a Sewing and Dressing Box made by Emilius Nicolai Scherr in 1837. This object would have been very popular in a woman’s parlor during the 19th century. Emilius Nicolai Scherr, Reed Organ with Writing Table and Sewing and Dressing Box, c. 1837 Emilius Nicolai Scherr grew up following in his father’s footsteps in the family piano and organ building…

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    Constance Squires, both authors demonstrate the power of connection utilizing symbols, conflict and characterization. The sewing machine in “The Safe” and the records in “Running out of Music” both illustrate unification through art. Art, an expression of human imagination, can connect people by conveying certain emotions, such as awe, in individuals. Comparably, the gold plated, sewing machine also transmits similar emotions. After the junkyard discovers the antique, it was a “while before…

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