[Grow Your Own Clothes] had finally found their ideal sewing machine for doing zig-zag stitches (/\/\/\) and converting to a treadle drive (mechanically foot-fed) — a Singer 411G. This is a well ...

[Andrew] is bringing his old mechanical sewing machine into the 21st century by adding an Arduino control module. Originally, his Alfa sewing machine could only do a straight stitch or a zig-zag ...

By 1913 over 3 million sewing machines had been sold worldwide. In 1978 Singer created the first computer controlled sewing machine in the world. In 2001 Singer celebrated its 150th anniversary.