1853 sewing bird - photo

[Altair]

1853 sewing bird.

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Previously:

Sewing with a Swiss Army knife awl - GIF
Sewing line tracker - GIF
Sewing gauge for even button spacing - photo
Industrial sewing machine in slow motion - GIF
Pants hemming tool - photo

[bruce.desertrat]

to save everyone the trouble :-) A Sewing bird is a clamp that would attach to a table, pressing on the bird's tail opens a spring-loaded clamp to act as a 'third hand' for the persons sewing the article. https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...ct/nmah_639795 numerous different versions shown