Sewing machines: Sewing machine brands, Singer Corporation, Bernina Sewing Machine, Singer Model 27 and 127, Merrow Sewing Machine Company

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Sewing machine brands, Singer Corporation, Bernina Sewing Machine, Singer Model 27 and 127, Merrow Sewing Machine Company, Vibrating shuttle, White Sewing Machine, Bobbin drivers, Zigzag stitch, Brother Industries, Buttonholer, Feiyue, Barthélemy Thimonnier, Rotary hook, Sewing machine needle, Janome, The Jones Sewing Machine Co., Walking foot, White Sewing Machine Company, Feed dogs, Singer puzzle box, SVP Worldwide, VSM Group, Pfaff, White Family Rotary, Sewing Machine Combination, Sewmor, White Peerless Sewing Machine, Singer Improved Family, Davis Sewing Machine Company, Singer New Family, Elna. Excerpt: BERNINA is the sewing machine brand of the Fritz Gegauf AG company, founded in 1893 in Steckborn, Switzerland, and is also often used as a shorthand for the company itself, which has formed part of BERNINA International AG since the beginning of the 1990s. The origins of the company lie in the invention of the hemstitch sewing machine by Karl Friedrich Gegauf in 1893. The sewing and embroidery systems developed to date enable sewing, embroidering, quilting and overlocking. Recent Models of BERNINA sewing machine include the BERNINA 830 and the BERNINA 820, which came on the market in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Company founder Karl Friedrich Gegauf and his sonsThe beginnings of the present-day BERNINA International AG can be traced to Karl Friedrich Gegauf, who discovered his passion for technology as a child, and breaking with family tradition, decided to pursue an apprenticeship as a mechanic instead of studying medicine. After completing his apprenticeship he worked in the Baum embroidery machine factory in Rorschach, where his talent was recognized and encouraged. In 1890, Karl Friedrich Gegauf set up his own business in Steckborn, Switzerland, opening an embroidery and mechanical workshop for the manufactu...