Originally Posted by fabric-holic
You're kidding? Why didn't it catch on? Women back then did a heck of lot more sewing than we do today.
I can't believe it :?
It was around 1906 or 08 when the idea came around and there were several companies making machine that were "Two Spool" machines but National/Eldredge was the most popular of them. They are still out there to be had you just have to look thats all.
As for why they didnt catch on I imagine it had a lot to do with the industrial revolution and patent rights.
I bet that you didnt know that the sewing machine was what set the patent laws in effect. Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Davis, Standard and National/Elderedge were the companies that were leading the pack during that era.
Billy