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Ready to wear clothing used to be a rare commodity, but now it is the norm. How did that come to happen, and is it a good thing?

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/28/patagonia-sues-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-trademark-infringement-ntwnfb 
https://workingwomanreport.com/home-sewn-clothes-are-making-a-comeback-but-is-it-too-late-for-dying-fabric-stores/
https://discover.hubpages.com/style/Ready-to-Wear-A-Short-History-of-the-Garment-Industry
https://wearablehistory.org/department-stores-and-ready-to-wear 

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Did Betsy Ross actually sew the revolutionary flag? Did you know how quilts have been used for social change? How did sewing machines arrive in Indian reservations? These questions and more are answered in today’s episode of Used2Sew.

https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/frontier-quilts 
Pa’s Fiddle Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8LA1AyyRB4 

Southern Cloth Dance (women) - 2018 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWbEoL0Gw6U 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/betsy-ross 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIufQKM2K0 
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We’re back with a new season of the show, and we’re starting off with simply using our sewing machines to get grounded after traveling. We also talk about thrifting and salvaging machines, and when not to do so.

Skagit Sewing Machine Salvage and Service https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582156160088&sk=photos 

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Originally published on March 15th 2026

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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Originally published January 11th 2026

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

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From Brazil in the 1980s to Seattle in the 1880s to Japan in the 1950s, sewing machines are always relevant, though not always in the ways you might expect.   

Quest details
Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_MIihflZLA 
Mystery Singer at 40:00, mystery machine at 102:00.

https://www.argonelectronics.com/blog/goiania-incident-radiological-safety-lessons 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_MIihflZLA 
https://www.fulcrumcoffee.com/blogs/all-blog-posts/the-ladies-that-sewed-seattle-back-together 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsqRP0ualoI&t=502s 
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2022/08/lou-graham-brothel-madam-seattle-history-underground-tour 

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Though it wasn’t as expensive as a Slant-O-Matic, the Style-O-Matic and other mid-tier mid-century Singer sewing machines were just as well constructed and run just as well. We shine some light on those machines and also talk about how to clean them up after decades in the dark. 

https://prometheansewingmachines.blogspot.com/ 
https://youtu.be/azqZ4a261HY?si=HBxn6aU74FuYYkdl 
https://www.lrcrafts.it

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Inspired by our trip to the museum, this week we are wandering down the rabbit hole of the Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine company.

https://www.fiddlebase.com/reading-room/room-11/ 
https://www.fiddlebase.com/american-machines/wheeler-wilson/the-no-3-4-machines/ 
https://umpquavalleymuseums.org/visit/umpqua-lighthouse-museum/http://www.sewmuse.co.uk/
https://ismacs.net/wheelerandwilson/wheeler-wilson-d9-sewing-machine.html 

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An update on Artemis II! We also talk about our inciting sewing incidents as kids.

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TR was invited to a local museum to demonstrate a treadle sewing machine, and we made a whole podcast episode about it.

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US patent laws come from sewing machines, and Husqvarna sewing machines come from an ancient musket company.
 
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https://ismacs.net/husqvarna-viking/index.html 
https://silverbobbin.com/vintage-viking-sewing-machine/ 

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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.

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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.”

https://ismacs.net/white/white-sewing-machine-company-history.html 
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

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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!

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https://sewing-machines.blogspot.com 
https://steelsewing.blogspot.com 
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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. 

ISMACS early Singer serial numbers: https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/early-serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-pre-1900-serial-number-database-2-9-2024.pdf
Singer long-shuttle machines: https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28 
More about long-shuttles: http://www.sewmuse.co.uk/singer2.htm 
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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.