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A serger (overlock) sewing machine uses up to four threads and has a special trimming blade. It is designed for one main job: it sews, trims and overcasts the seam at the same time. Its function is specialized, but it can really speed up sewing and gives the finished item a professional look. A serger is a great machine for sewing stretch fabrics.

A home sewing machine is designed to do a wider variety of tasks. It will generally have more stitches, plus presser feet and attachments to sew zippers, buttonholes, do machine quilting, etc. There is usually an overlock stitch on a home sewing machine, but you can't sew the seam, overlock and trim all in one pass.

Lots of sewers have one (or more!) of each.

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the sewing is used diffrent today because instead of puttin ur foot on a paddle u put the cloths on the sewing macine and make the theard sew it .

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Some of the older sewing machines were mechanical machines. The old treadle sewing machines had a foot pedal to propel the sewing machine. As the electrical revolution began, these mechanical sewing machines were replaced with electric models. Over the last 10 to 15 years, the regular electric sewing machines have been replaced with computerized sewing machines that can sew pretty much any pattern or even sew in a picture. One of these new computerized sewing machines is the Necchi 6160. The Husqvarna - Viking Diamond is another computerized sewing machine that does it all.

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Today it's got an electric motor, originally it was hand cranked.

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