Re: [h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

2016-07-19 Thread lisa58
Thanks! This was a great article! I put it up on my FB page for Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show. Lisa a On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 08:09:28 -0700 Marjorie Wilser writes: > Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built > to scale! > > FWIW

Re: [h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

2016-07-15 Thread Cin
What a beautiful sewing machine cabinet. Thanks for the link, --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote: > Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built to > scale! > > FWIW I’ve seen her tiny

[h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

2016-07-15 Thread Marjorie Wilser
Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built to scale! FWIW I’ve seen her tiny corset at the Ringling museum in Sarasota, Florida. I doubt she made it herself, but it is tempting to hypothesize. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/yes-mrs-tom-thumb-had-sewing-machine