my hobby is sewing.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790, the sewing machine has greatly improved the efficiency and productivity of the clothing industry. Home sewing machines are designed for one person to sew individual items while using a single stitch type. In a modern sewing machine the fabric easily glides in and out of the machine without the inconvenience of needles and thimbles and other such tools used in hand sewing, automating the process of stitching and saving time. Industrial sewing machines, by contrast to domestic machines, are larger, faster, and more varied in their size, cost, appearance, and task. Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal, a German-born engineer working in England was awarded the first British patent for a mechanical device to aid the art of sewing, in 1755. His invention consisted of a double pointed needle with an eye at one end. In 1790, the English inventor Thomas Saint invented the first sewing machine design, but he did not successfully advertise or market his invention.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Even though I'm a guy, I've picked up sewing and sewing machines as a hobby recently. It's relaxing. I love using the machine to stitch some fabrics together with some thread to make my own fashion pieces."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow! How long does it take to sew a piece? That's neat because sewing has been around for a long time!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, it depends on the pieces, so it varies. But you're right! That's what drew me to it, was the history of it. Sewing is one of the oldest textile arts--I mean, we're talking the Paleolithic Era."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see! That is so impressive! And I bet it has evolved somewhat over time! Do you make sewing pieces as gifts as well?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I haven't quite gotten to that point yet.. still working my way up to just being able to handle what I like for me. But yeah.. I'm grateful that it evolved with the sewing machine back with the first Industrial Revolution. Much less manual work involved with it now."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Right! Do you think it will become even more automated in the future? I feel like less and less people know how to sew these days."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it will always remain as a hobby on a small scale. Just like the physical paperback book. But yeah, there have been the creation of industrial sewing machines, ones for outside-of-the-home use, which are larger/faster/more variation in size/cost/appearance, and can be used for more tasks."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting insight! Yeah websites like Etsy and Pinterest are great for promoting the hobby."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's a good point! Etsy and Pinterest are just examples of the computerization that's gone along with the sewing machine's invention, so there's just so much mass production and distribution of sewn goods. But like I mentioned, hand sewing is a pastime that humans will always embrace"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes! I bet there are classes that can be taken at a school or online to get better at sewing as well! Youtube is a great source as well."}]