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October 3, 1899 – the first motorized vacuum cleaner patented (U.S. No. 634,042) as a “pneumatic carpet renovator” by John S. Thurman of St. Louis, Mo. The vacuum cleaner ran on gasoline, and was presented as a horse drawn vacuum system, which went door to door and charged $4 per vacuuming session. The system did not collect dust and debris and instead the device used compressed air to blow dust and dirt off the carpet and into the air. …

Q:Why is the thread bunching-up and creating a matted mess of thread under my fabric?A:The term for this is called “birdnesting,” and this often occurs when there is not enough or no tension on the needle thread pulling the bobbin thread. This can easily be corrected by simply rethreading the sewing machine, paying careful attention to the threading path and ensuring the thread in completely engaged in the tension mechanism.

Chalk is used for a variety of reasons when sewing some of these reasons include marking darts, fabric pleats, buttonholes, diamonds as well as constructing and cutting other lines and designs.