Sewing Machine : Social Impact

Usage And Social Impact

Before discussing about the usage and how sewing machine came in our regular work? Firstly let’s explain what is a sewing machine?

A Sewing Machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. The machine was introduced in First Industrial Revolution as to decrease the amount of manual work in clothing industries.

Sewing Machine had a vast Social Impact on the life of women. In Earlier times, women were subjugated to household works only. But after introduction of sewing machines, women were easily making money using sewing works. They started working in the Industries & Factories to make certain amount of money for their family.

Those women which spent most of their time in household work, now with the help of sewing machines work more and earn more which leads to the raise in overall family income. Not only women, but many other industries were in demand .Machines helped in the reduction of man power as it took less time to stitch a dress or a piece of cloth. As new machinery was introduced, it could have both negative and positive impact.

Now with the advancement of technology, daily new type of machinery is being introduced in the market. In today’s time machinery is overcoming man power in various fields. As now machinery comes with an alternate setting which doesn’t require a man power.

There are different types of sewing machines for various clothing if I would start naming that’s going to consume a lot of our time. With the help of sewing machine you can put on great variety of plain or patterned stitches.

The first Sewing Machine was introduced in 1804 by the Englishmen Thomas Stone and James Henderson.

Effects on other industries

Sewing Machine effect was on the cloth industry which leads to drastic change in other industries as well. Metal industry was benefited as they were the providers of machinery parts. Cotton production was extended to those areas where it hadn’t been previously farmed. Not just for the clothing production, sewing machines became an important part in the manufacturing of curtains and towels, toys, books etc.

There are such sewing machines which are not purely human-driven such as

·         High-speed industrial sewing machine

·         Electrical, programmable, automatic pattern stitching sewing machine.

So as we have discussed everything in our article regarding the usage, social impact and advancement in sewing machines. Sewing Machines was not just only a part of inventory but for many at that times was a medium to earn money.