An Antique Sewing Bird and the Mary Frances Sewing Book
I don't have a lot of antique sewing tools, but this little guy keeps me company in my sewing room, and I thought you might be interested in knowing a little about him. Sewing Birds were popular in the 1800's when sewing by hand was such a large part of a woman's life. The bird which clamped to the table, was a "third hand" that held the fabric taught in its mouth as the seamstress hemmed the fabric. Plain clamps to hold the fabric started to be used in the late 1600's and by