Thread: My intro to the Treadle world and my love! (Willcox & Gibbs Chain Stitch!)
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Old 10-07-2012, 05:47 AM
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jlhmnj
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I always loved the story how Gibbs saw a picture of the top half of a Grover Baker or Singer and not realizing they used two threads, he invented the one thread chainstitch due to not seeing below the bed. Brilliant.

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