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The invention of the sewing machine occurred near the end of the Industrial Revolution and it caused plenty of drama for those involved in the process.

After the initial invention of thread and needles, advances in hand-sewing went pretty slowly. Read on to see what happened in between the time that needles were invented to the time when sewing machines were invented.

The sewing needle is said to have been invented sometime during the Upper Paleolithic time period, which began around 40,000 years ago. Read on to find out how, why, and what!