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We’re finally ready to tackle the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Last week set the stage mechanically to understand how the factory worked and where it fit into the landscape of United States manufacturing. This week we will look at the immediate and long term impacts of the disaster.

Reading references:
https://www.kurtgippert.com/pages/books/001446/chris-llewellyn/fragments-from-the-fire-the-triangle-shirtwaist-company-fire-of-march-25-1911 
https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfireaccount 
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/el-monte-sweatshop/raid-and-trial 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Dhaka_garment_factory_fire 

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We’re finally ready to tackle the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This week sets the stage mechanically to understand how the factory worked and where it fit into the landscape of United States manufacturing. Next week we will look at the immediate and long term impacts of the disaster.

Reading references:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/singer_machines/industrial/industrialmodels/
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/1891-amoskeag-mill-disaster/ 
https://everydayfamilystories24h.com/hieubtv/the-spinning-giants-flywheels-that-stored-dangerous-power/ 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-makes-complicated-history-180971019/ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Dhaka_garment_factory_fire 
https://www.core77.com/posts/58982/how-did-factories-get-power-to-their-machines-before-electricity 
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We return to reading sections of the book Fabricating Consumers by Andrew Gordon, specifically the parts about the growth of Singer sales once the ice had been broken and before WWII.

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/fabricating-consumers/hardcover https://www.siuslawpioneermuseum.com/ https://letsgetsewingspokane.com/ 
Kirin music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHnv3RYwhg&list=PL6SV1HfRa_6LUbFkQFPewLkXmuMAQBKFO&index=14 

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We’ve got a collection of small topics today, from sewing leather to recollections of snow storms.

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The story of Singer in Scotland is vital to understanding how Singer changed the world, and fortunately we have the work of Alex Askaroff to guide us through understanding how that factory rose and fell.  

Sewalot.com
https://www.youtube.com/@alexaskaroff 

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From Ida Holdgreve last week we continue to follow the story of sewing in flight, onwards and upwards towards space with the help of Jean Wright and the Sew Sisters.

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Early flight wouldn’t have started the way it did if not for bicycles and typos, and fabric. 

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By listener request we take a highly specific deep dive into shank systems and fastener attachments.

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TR explains the four precursor machines to the sewing machine, Aradia explains the geology of the region where it all happened.

HistoryCrunch.com 
Fairbult Mill
HowStuffWorks.com 
The Golden Thread book 
Garrett Ryan Youtube channel 
Library of Congress Storymap 

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The White sewing machine company started out very scrappy, then rose to the heights of being “Singer, but backwards.”

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https://www.treadleon.net/WhiteSM/whites.html 

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How many sewing machines can claim to be born of scandal? Nobody knows, because there isn’t good documentation of exactly how big this scandal was! The Morse sewing machine has an unusually interesting backstory that leaves many questions unanswered.

silverbobbin.com 
quiltingroomwithmel.com 
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagesewing/comments/1bi7fm5/any_info_on_a_morse/ 
https://www.victoriansweatshop.com/post/morse-dateomatic-thread-12807337

Thanks to our Patreons we have a hefty new book to talk about over this entire season of Used2Sew! We also have fanmail, exciting supply hoards, and a new Patreon to thank.

Fabricating Consumers by Andrew Gordon: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/fabricating-consumers/hardcover

New year, new season of Used2Sew! TR starts the year off by talking to us seriously about the need to be wise in our sewing machine collecting habits. Also we talk a bit about what we’ve learned in the podcasting journey so far, and what we’re excited about this coming year.

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Originally published on December 29th 2024.
Welcome back to Used2Sew, where we are wrapping up our first season of the show! We reflect on what we’ve learned this year, thank our first Patreon we aren’t directly related to, and talk about how to shed unwanted items from the sewing room that are blocking your creativity.

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Originally published December 22nd 2024.
Welcome back to Used2Sew, where TR has another bizarre retail story to relate, and we are also considering what gift giving with a sewer can look like. 

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Throwback to the first time we talked about Planned Obsolescence in season 1.

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Throwback to the first time we talked about Fast Fashion in season 1.

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TR and Aradia review the last year of episodes from the podcast and look forward to season 3 which will be coming in 2026.

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Singer’s ubiquitous presence through the world of sewing machines extends beyond what they actually manufactured. Today is a deep dive into the model 15 and all of its clones!

https://tallysew.com
https://ismacs.net 
https://sewing-machines.blogspot.com 
https://steelsewing.blogspot.com 
https://institchessewing.ca/bring-in-the-clones

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A sewing machine is more or less useless unless it is in a case, base, or cabinet. Let’s talk about how those designs have changed over time and what to do about the stench of featherweight cases.


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TR and Aradia both grew up on the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, so last week and this week will be looking at how sewing history intersects with this famous series.

PioneerGirl.com 
LittleHouseOnThePrairie.com 
PioneerGirlProject.org 
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/what-should-be-done-about-racist-depictions-in-the-little-house-books/16587 
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/25/623184440/little-house-on-the-controversy-laura-ingalls-wilders-name-removed-from-book-awa 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Wilder_Lane 

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TR and Aradia both grew up on the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, so this week and next week will be looking at how sewing history intersects with this famous series.

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Did you know that there is more than one way to make a stitch with a sewing machine? Today’s episode covers the chainstitch, a useful and dynamic stitch that can be created on machines that are toy sized!

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Some topics are so seasonal that they bear repeating, and as we’ve just celebrated our first podcast birthday it seems fitting to revisit an old episode from back before we had learned most of our production lessons! 

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TR and every other sewing machine hobbyist has been asked to do a quick appraisal of the monetary value of a sewing machine, and they have some very strong opinions about it! Here’s a practical description of how to keep “the worth bug” from taking over your hobby. 

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TR and Aradia took a field trip to an old house, found an oddly named sewing machine, and then fell down a rabbit hole of learning about badged sewing machines. What are they, why do they exist, and how can you identify the machine when the name is meaningless???

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Bobbins! What are they, and how have they evolved? How did the very practical gizmo of an auto-winder give way to the innovation of…. A digital clock? Today’s episode covers a lot of ground, but trust us, it is all connected.

https://extension.wvu.edu/files/d/dbc6f7a0-9b40-4917-8432-6c4976526c96/wlg-42-backstitch_needles_digital.pdf 

Is there anything more Peak America than tailfins on a sewing machine?

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Electricity is intimidating, but with a few basic principles it is something we can work with as sewing machine repairers! TR walks us through the process of evaluating and fixing vintage sewing machine wiring.

Continuing last week’s discussion of all kinds of projects in the sewing room, fanmail, and other sidequests.

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The sewing room is bustling with projects as the podcast approaches its first birthday. We’ve got lots to talk about, especially the latest addition to Aradia’s stable of machines!

Originally published September 2024. 

A combination of two episodes from Season 1 of the podcast to show both our progression as a podcast and two sides of the story of the invention of the sewing machine.

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TR tells Aradia about 16 of the many sewing machine attachments that have been invented.

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TR and Aradia exchange costuming stories from their respective July events.

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TR tells Aradia about the history of needles, and how to be a good needle consumer.

West Virginia Extension: Backstitch: A Brief History of Needles, Bobbins and Stitches | WVU Extension
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The three needle brands:  Organ, Schmetz, Groz-Beckert 

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Today we get into some sewing machine history and personal lore, with the second half of TR’s infamous Sewing Machine Song! We will dissect and explain every line through the lens of the lessons learned so far on this podcast. Originally published January 26th 2025

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Today we get into some sewing machine history and personal lore, with the first half of TR’s infamous Sewing Machine Song! We will dissect and explain every line through the lens of the lessons learned so far on this podcast. Originally published January 18th 2025

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Originally published November 10th 2024

Welcome back to Used2Sew, where it’s time to talk about how rural electrification came to the sewing machine itself, and how Singer failed to capture the moment. 

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Originally published November 3rd 2024

Welcome back to Used2Sew, where it’s time to talk about rural electrification! ZZZZT! The motorization of gadgets wasn’t possible until every house could reasonably be expected to have power, though it took a while to make sure that power wasn’t more of a hazard than help. This topic is so large that we broke it into two parts; this week we talk about electricity in general, and next week we’ll get into how it relates to sewing machines in particular. 

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TR and Aradia compare their sewing educations across 30 years.

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