Sewing Machine For Sale

When will the New brother sewing and embroidery machines be available? hi i want to know when the new brother sewing and embroidery machines be available on the australias version of brother home sewing machine. so the innovis 900D, innovis 2500D, innovis 4500D, se-350 will be available. plz help my curiousity. thnxs (for some answers) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (cough cough) ooooooooooooo. I'm done. Are these good or bad also name the bad ones ot of these machines i have above

Which model of Brother home computerized sewing and embroidery machine should I buy? I have decided to buy a Brother home computerized sewing and embroidery machine after reading a lot of reviews. Can anyone help me decide which model I should buy? I intend to set up a small home business embroidering T-shirts of my own design for sale. I don't know how to sew but I believe I can come up with some pretty interesting designs using the computer software. I cannot ask my husband although he is able to help me as he does not believe I can do it. I have not done much with my life and so his lack of confidence in me. Can anybody reassure me that I can learn this although I can't sew a stitch?

Downloading PES files for home embroidery machines? I am trying to find a collection of faces, such as would be on dolls, to download for my Brother Embroidery sewing machine. I am new to this hobby, and would like some good sources. Thanks in advance!

Can I sew vinyl coated nylon with my home sewing machine? I want to resew my dogs bed that is made of vinyl coated nylon and was wondering if I could do it with my home sewing machine and what should I use to do this project. I got the vinyl cement also to seal the stitching. My machine is the Brother Computerized Sewing and Embroidery Machine, SE-400. I was also wondering if I could embroider my dogs name on it also while I have the bed taken apart. Any information would be great appreciated as I am not a professional at sewing so would like to know the needle and thread that I need to use if I can do this. THANKS!

LONG: sewing machines $$$? ok, this is going to be very long. im saving up $$ (i have about $65 right now) and i want to buy a sewing machine. the only places i can buy from (due to various variables) are Wal-Mart and Target. Question 1: How much would you spend on a sewing machine? (I'm not going more than $150) Question 2: Do you think i should buy it from Walmart or Target? Question 3: What are some good traits that I'm looking for in a sewing machine? (I would like to fix some clothing, make some skirts, and put some old skirts together to make new skirts.) Question 4: I've narrowed my search down to 7 items from Wal-mart, and 4 from Target. Here is a list of product names and their on-line descriptions with the raing they've recieved. Please tell me what i should aim for: WAL-MART: 1. - Brother 10-Stitch Portable Sewing Machine, LS-2125i - $78.88 - "Brother LS-2125i free-arm sewing machine includes a variety of built-in stitches each with multiple stitch functions…" - 4 stars 2. - Brother LX3125 14-Stitch Sewing Machine - $79.97 - "Lightweight and compact 35 stitch fuctions using 14 built-in stitches Automatic 4-step buttonholer" - almost 5 stars 3. - Brother 25-Stitch Free-Arm Sewing Machine, XL-2600i - $95.48 -"For all of your sewing, quilting and home and clothes decorating needs" - a little more than 4 stars 4. - Singer Simple 18-Stitch Sewing Machine - $99.97 - "The Singer Simple- A machine to introduce you to the world of creative expression. With 18 stitches, a 1-step button…" - a little less than 4 stars 5. - Brother Sewing Machine and Sauder Sewing Table Bundle - $129.00 - Value Bundle: Includes Brother Sewing Machine and Sauder Sewing Craft Table" - 5 stars 6. - Brother XL3750 Convertible Free Arm Sewing Machine - $138.88 - "This machine is perfect for everything from quilting, mending and crafting your own fashions" - a little more than 4 stars 7. - Brother 50 Stitch Computerized Sewing Machine-Limited Edition Project Runway - $139.97 - "Professional Features for the Designer in You the CE5000 PRW is a Project Runway Limited Edition computerized sewing…" - 4 1/2 stars TARGET 1. - Old Fashion Sewing Machine Clock - $37.99 - 4 stars: 1 review 2. - Brother 25-Stitch Sewing Machine - $89.99 - 4 stars: 8 reviews 3. - Singer Esteem II Sewing Machine - $129.99 - 5 stars: 3 reviews 4. - Brother Sewing Machine - XL3750 - $141.99 - 4.5 stars: 6 reviews Thank you VERY much for your help, and for taking the long minutes to answer this question. Any additional comments would also be gratefully received, and any questions answered in possible. Thank you again!

Is the Brother HS100 sewing machine a good buy for a casual sewer? I'm a Stay at home mom to 3 kids and want a sewing machine just for a casual hobby. I don't want to spend a lot of money for some extravagant machine because I eant it more for little projects/spare time.

Which sewing machine needles for Brother CE5000? I have a Brother CE 500 Project Runway machine. I ordered needles that were the right size (100/16 and 90/14) but the style is wrong! I think I need flat shank needles? How do I now which are right. I have done much searching online and the manual but nothing about it anywhere. What about these ...says: Needle Style Number : 15X1, HAX1, 130/705H at http://cgi.ebay.com/Flat-Shank-Home-Organ-Sewing-Machine-Needles-HAx1-sz-21_W0QQitemZ320389458420QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a98b329f4&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Sewing machine?????????????????????????? Okay well my parents are buying me a sewing machine for my christmas. But I was just wondering what would be a good brand to buy? I'm 11 and in High School (scottish)and I learned to use a Brother Sewing machine in Home Economics. I want a good brand but one that's easy to use. Since I dont think they still make the one I used in Home Economics anymore? Thanks xxx

I want to buy my mum a sewing machine for Mother's Day. Which should I get out of these? She uses it for the regular tasks like adjust clothes, hems, etc. but doesn't use it for creating clothes or anything like that. I want to get her something good and isn't crap. http://www.janome.com.au/sewing_machine_overview.php?cid=val&mid=RE1306&gid=RE1306 - Janome 1306 $199 http://www.janome.com.au/sewing_machine_overview.php?cid=val&mid=JR1012&gid=JR1012 - Janome JR1012 valued at $199 at my shopping centre http://www.brother.com.au/products/sewing_machines/home_sewing_machines/xl-2620.aspx - Brother XL2620 valued at $199 at my shopping centre Don't just tell me to choose the most expensive RRP one just becuae it is most expensive though. I would really like a good opinion.

Sewing machine for home decor and bags/costumes, price not an issue? I never want to sew my own clothes. Ever. The closest I will come is mending and perhaps hemming them. I want to sew home decor items like curtains and removable seat cushions, pillows etc. I will be using canvass, Mexican oil cloth, vinyl etc, as well as cottons/cotton blends of course. I also want to do simple quilting (straight, 90* and 45* cuts, nothing fancier). I am not a beginner but not that experienced either and have not sewn in a few years. Are computerized machines really easier? Is there an advantage to automatic buttonholers? I do have trouble with buttonholes. I currently HATE my broken machine. It was a gift, so it was free. worth every penny if you know what I mean. Brother XL 2600i. It jams, gets stuck in reverse, awkward tension and I even have to pull the material through. Which is just wrong. The bobbin jams (and yes, I went under that little wire, it's threaded correctly and I did read the manual). I need a machine that: easy to adjust stitch type automatically adjusts tension or easy to manually adjust manual pressure foot height adjustment (or basically one that will accommodate quilting) I don't know if my lingo is correct here. easy to wind and thread bobbin / spool. Will tolerate heavier fabric types but not tear sheer ones. I don't need 25+ types of stitches, just straight, zig zag (for thicker stuff, and finishing) and possibly some sort of appropriate hemming stitch.

Do sewing machines come with foot pedals? I'm trying to buy a sewing machine for my girlfriend and can't find any information on foot pedals. Do they come standard and aren't mentioned or does nobody use them? I thought everyone used them like I did in Home Ec. I searched on Amazon and only 3 are for sale and they don't look too reliable (maybe not even for sewing). I'm planning on buying her a Brother xl2600i. Also, should I get the Brother XL2600i or the Brother XL2610?

Can someone break this down into easier steps? okay i got this answer, but i'm having problems following them, not the brightest! Put a piece of fabic on the inside of the jacket. The thread will hold the embroidery and the fabric together and there will be less strain on on the leather. You have seen embroideries on motorcycle jackets? They have dozens - on the back, front and sleeves. If they tore as easily as you are wondering about, the person doing the sewing would be in a big heap of trouble. The sewing is usually a zig-zag stitch done on a sewing machine with a needle for leather. You have to open the lining so the stitching is done on the leather and backing fabric only. I have seen this done with a Brother home sewing machine at a Harley Davidson dealership by a little old lady like me

sewing machine for a beginner...? Ok I am going to buy a sewing machine and I am just a beginner the only experience I have had is at school in home economics when we sewed a draw string bag and we are sewing pajama pants right now. I think I have my aunt and grandma's gene for sewing. I just think it is really fun. My mom is going to buy me a Brother sewing machine from target and the Catalog # for it is 10261843. Please tell me if it is a good one or not. I read the reviews and it's overall rating is 4 stars. here is the picture of it. And the reviews and features. http://www.target.com/Brother-25-Stitch-Sewing-Machine/dp/B000EOX28E/sr=1-5/qid=1238015455/ref=sr_1_5/180-5898892-2513508?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Abrother%20sewing%20machine&page=1 If this link does not work then go to target.com and type in brother sewing machines And it is the 5th one from the top. ***** Best answer gets lots of points! ***** Please give me your ideas. Thanks

I need an owners manual for a sewing machine. I think the brand name is Modern Home De Luxe? I just inherited my mothers sewing machine, who has been dead for 20 years, from my brother. I can't find the owners manual for it. I can't even find this company online. Can anyone help me?

I need help with a Brother LS-30 sewing machine.? Hello all, I have a Brother LS-30 sewing machine- which got crappy reviews on Amazon so I shouldn't have bought it- that I can not get to make the beginning "loop" chain so that I may begin sewing. Can anyone help me? This is my very first sewing machine that I bought about a month ago so I still have the manual but I cannot understand what is wrong here. The manual says to turn the "balance wheel" counterclockwise so that the upper thread "catches" the lower thread & makes a loop. The needle goes down but doesn't "catch" the lower bobbin's thread. What am i doing wrong? The Brother customer service is only open M-F 9-5 but I am not home during those times. :( Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :) I am holding the thread and everything else seems fine and the way it all should be. The needle just doesn't seem to be "catching" the lower thread. Thanks though. Thanks Deb, I'll play with the bobbin and see what happens. Thanks for the advice.

Which sewing machine brand is best/value for money? Can someone please recommend a sewing machine (home use) that can last longer? I'm considering buying between Janome, Brother, Elna, and Singer. Budget is max $500. Cheers, Doods

who can help me with picking the right sewing machine? Im am a beginner in sewing. In school i am taking fashion design and illustration as an elective. Last year we just sketched but this year's course is all about sewing things. we use "Brother NX-250"sewing machines. I like the machines that we use but Im only a beginner I find the machines kind of hard to use. Im interested in buying a sewing machine to use at home. Ive been looking around for one and I found the "Brother 10- stitch portable sewing machine, LS-2125i" at walmart. I know its not like the ones in my class, but its in my price range and I was just wondering if someone has experience with it and recommends it or another machine that would be good for me.

sewing machine that won't frustrate me? beginners use the cheap ones, the cheap ones frustrate. It's true in snowboarding gear, cell phones/computers and apparently sewing machines. Please help me choose a sewing machine for home decor and bags/costumes, price not an issue? I never want to sew my own clothes. Ever. The closest I will come is mending and perhaps hemming them. I want to sew home decor items like curtains and removable seat cushions, pillows etc. I will be using canvass, Mexican oil cloth, vinyl etc, as well as cottons/cotton blends of course. I also want to do simple quilting (straight, 90* and 45* cuts, nothing fancier). I am not a beginner but not that experienced either and have not sewn in a few years. Are computerized machines really easier? Is there an advantage to automatic buttonholers? I do have trouble with buttonholes. I currently HATE my broken machine. It was a gift, so it was free. worth every penny if you know what I mean. Brother XL 2600i. It jams, gets stuck in reverse, awkward tension and I even have to pull the material through. Which is just wrong. The bobbin jams (and yes, I went under that little wire, it's threaded correctly and I did read the manual). I need a machine that: easy to adjust stitch type automatically adjusts tension or easy to manually adjust manual pressure foot height adjustment (or basically one that will accommodate quilting) I don't know if my lingo is correct here. easy to wind and thread bobbin / spool. Will tolerate heavier fabric types but not tear sheer ones. I don't need 25+ types of stitches, just straight, zig zag (for thicker stuff, and finishing) and possibly some sort of appropriate hemming stitch. I do always thread it with the foot up; but thank you for all the great answers so far.

huge confusion on choosing the machine - singer vs brother vs kenmore? i am at a beginner level in sewing and my budget is 200$. i am looking for a durable machine( like my mom has singer and she has been using it (heavy duty) for last 26 years without any complaint). if i were to buy one, i would be stitching dresses, home accessories and some thick fabrics like denim material. i asked my mom but she is not familiar with any of newer versions of sewing machine. i went through different brands but i am so confused with all the sewing jargon like ?

Is this a good sewing machine for a beginner? http://www.amazon.com/Brother-XL2600I-25-Stitch-Free-Arm-Functions/dp/B000F7DPEQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1233425939&sr=1-4 If not, can you recommend another cheap one for me?

Is my family in need for a better home? (long description)? Is my family in need for a better home? My mother, father, brother and I live together in a small house. there is only 1 very small bathroom and i only consider it 1 bedroom, then me and my brother live in the attic which is split off into 2 areas. we have a basement which has a decent amount of space, but we have 2 cats that live down there. Their names are takkun and kitty. I took takkun in when he was a kitten because the owner did not want him anymore. we also have a small dinning room, kitchen and living room. The house has flooding issues in the basement we have some type of bug infestation every year. we think there are holes in the roof because things like bats have gotten into the house. house is very badly ventilated, in the summer the heat is unbearable and it will be stuck in the house and wont leave. The upstairs rooms are so hot that the posters on my walls start to fall off cuz the tape will melt. I dont know if it sounds bad but my mother has her own business. She is a home daycare provider. she really does good with it a lot of the parents dont have much money so she gives them breaks even helps some of these parents get their cars fixed and driving the kids home if their parents dont have transportation so i think she really dedicates herself to this daycare. But now we have 4 people already living in here with one bathroom now there is 7-9 kids here all week. There is not much room for them to play. when summer comes thats when we have the most kids but most will be outside. we also have a garage which isnt even really used for storage. we also have 3 dogs one is my fathers, one is my sisters and one is my brothers the brother who left his dog passed away about 4 years ago which was a big tragedy for the family so we have been taking care of it. My sister moved to VA and couldnt take the dog with her so now we are stuck taking care of hers too The dogs are a lot of work but they need a better place than the garage to live in. During the winter is gets extremely cold so we have to give them old blankets inside of their cages so they dont freeze. my father has been in and out of work because of the job situations in this area. There are not many jobs so he works out of the state. we would like to move to a different are but i dont know if we can afford it yet. My mother wants to move to Virginia and try to get a bigger house. The main reason for this is because there isnt much in this area and there is not enough room for daycare here we right next to a noisy and busy highway. Trucks have broke trough the barriers more than once right near the house. some parents who come to look for daycare see the highway and find it dangerous for their children to be here my brother he has 2 kids who live with their mother not far from here and they stay with us every weekend. He is very into electronics and videogames. So we have a lot of interesting gadgets and electronics around. I myself am an artist and love japanese culture i think ive painted every room in this house. i have the smallest room in the house. Im always creating something so my room is filled with supplies, like fabric, sewing machine, art utencils and a collection of japanese things that slowly gets larger. I dont really have much space to make thing or put my stuff. I am also into japanese fashion I wear lolita which started in japan in the 80s I cant fit my long dresses in my closet so i have to put my stuff everywhere. I have things in the basement, on top of our fridge in my room in every little place i can fit it without being too unorganized my mom told me she wants to get me much more space if we get a new house, possibly my own room just for art. money wise we are not too bad off but the house is way too small for all the people always in here plus 5 pets. hopefully my mom can get us another house And i dont think we are bad off enough to enter one of those extreme makeover contests so im not sure whats gonna happen : /

Will you help me decide which brand sewing machine to buy and what model would you suggest? Thank you.? Hi, I recently lost my faithful Singer sewing machine of over 23 years that I use for quilting,home decor and general mending projects. I need to replace it Do you recommend Singer, Bernina or Brother? Why and what model. I do both hand quilting and machine quilting and can't spend a huge amount of money. ($ 300. max) Computerized is good and I will use some specialized stiches but I'm not the embroidery queen or anything. I do want auto thread feed and auto buttonhole maker. Thanks guys!

Home Ec assignment Ideas!? We have just been set a home ec assignment. We have to make, using a sewing machine, a child's toy or activity. I have no idea what to make? Any ideas? I have a two year old brother and would like to make something relavant to his age group? Thanks heaps.

How do I learn to use my Brother Embroidery Machine? My husband got a really good deal on a Brother Embroidery Machine off of ebay- used. Now that I have it in front of me, I'm finding it harder to create all the things I thought I would easily be able to do. I'm a beginner when it comes to sewing period. Is there any books or websites out there that someone could suggest? I know there are places to go take classes.... but being a SAHM of three-- the youngest being only 2 months, I can't make it to any classes outside my home! Help me learn to use this thing- my husband is starting to regret spending what he did for the machine to collect dust! akk! :) Thanks!

What can I make my mom for Christmas at home, that she can use? I feel so guilty that she buys presents and spends more than a paycheck for my brother, sister and I. It is going to eat me up if I do not make her something. Last year, I got her a Kenny Cheseny CD and you know what happened to it? She "lost" it and told me not to get her anything anymore. I figure she didn't like it or appreciate it much. I NEED to make her something within 7 days and something she will use. Any ideas? =[ I have a sewing machine, though I do not have much money, $10 at most. Thanks so much! I spent hard-earned babysitting money. Last year the CD was $12 and I got her roses for $10 and she did not like either.

What is theme of this poem? The Concrete River by Luis J. Rodríguez We sink into the dust, Baba and me, Beneath brush of prickly leaves; Ivy strangling trees--singing Our last rites of locura. Homeboys. Worshipping God-fumes Out of spray cans. Our backs press up against A corrugated steel fence Along the dried banks Of a concrete river. Spray-painted outpourings On walls offer a chaos Of color for the eyes. Home for now. Hidden in weeds. Furnished with stained mattresses And plastic milk crates. Wood planks thrust into thick branches serve as roof. The door is a torn cloth curtain (knock before entering). Home for now, sandwiched In between the maddening days. We aim spray into paper bags. Suckle them. Take deep breaths. An echo of steel-sounds grates the sky. Home for now. Along an urban-spawned Stream of muck, we gargle in The technicolor synthesized madness. This river, this concrete river, Becomes a steaming, bubbling Snake of water, pouring over Nightmares of wakefulness; Pouring out a rush of birds; A flow of clear liquid On a cloudless day. Not like the black oil stains we lie in, Not like the factory air engulfing us; Not this plastic death in a can. Sun rays dance on the surface. Gray fish fidget below the sheen. And us looking like Huckleberry Finns/ Tom Sawyers, with stick fishing poles, As dew drips off low branches As if it were earth's breast milk. Oh, we should be novas of our born days. We should be scraping wet dirt with callused toes. We should be flowering petals playing ball. Soon water/fish/dew wane into A pulsating whiteness. I enter a tunnel of circles, Swimming to a glare of lights. Family and friends beckon me. I want to be there, In perpetual dreaming; In the din of exquisite screams. I want to know this mother-comfort Surging through me. I am a sliver of blazing ember entering a womb of brightness. I am a hovering spectre shedding scarred flesh. I am a clown sneaking out of a painted mouth in the sky. I am your son, amá, seeking the security of shadows, fleeing weary eyes bursting brown behind a sewing machine. I am your brother, the one you threw off rooftops, tore into with rage--the one you visited, a rag of a boy, lying in a hospital bed, ruptured. I am friend of books, prey of cops, lover of the barrio women selling hamburgers and tacos at the P&G Burger Stand. I welcome this heavy shroud. I want to be buried in it-- To be sculptured marble In craftier hands. Soon an electrified hum sinks teeth Into brain--then claws Surround me, pull at me, Back to the dust, to the concrete river. Let me go!--to stay entangled In this mesh of barbed serenity! But over me is a face, Mouth breathing back life. I feel the gush of air, The pebbles and debris beneath me. "Give me the bag, man," I slur. "No way! You died, man," Baba said. "You stopped breathing and died." "I have to go back!...you don't understand..." I try to get up, to reach the sky. Oh, for the lights--for this whore of a Sun, To blind me. To entice me to burn. Come back! Let me swing in delight To the haunting knell, To pierce colors of virgin skies. Not here, along a concrete river, But there--licked by tongues of flame! The higher you set your expectations of yourself the futher you will go. The less you expect from yourself is the least you will recieve. the top sentence is what i think the theme is but i'm not sure.

Tangled thread? Okay, so I have a Brother machine and although it has always sewn straight even stitches for me before, now that I'm working on home decorator jaquard and heavy thread, the stitches are all messed up. They are even and straight on the top of the fabric, but underneath, the stitches are all tangled up look horrible! When I pick it out, it seems to be the needle thread that is tangled, not the bobbin thread. What is wrong? Is my tension wrong? I've tried a couple different ones, or is it the bobbin tension? Or is it my needle? Please help!

What to get my mom for Christmas? Now, before you just answer this question, let me explain... My mother had a very serious stroke at the beginning of September. She has been in the hospital since then. They should be moving her to a rehab center soon, but she will not be home for the holiday, or possibly ever (she may spend the rest of her life in a nursing home). She has a condition where the blood vessels in her brain are narrowing. There are a bunch that are narrowing and at this point there is nothing they can do to fix it so she will have more strokes in the future. At the current time, my mom can't move anything on her left side. She had a tracheotomy done, and cannot speak yet. I am 23. This is the first Christmas where presents will not appear under the tree like they are from Santa (yes, she still did that no matter how old my brother and I were). I am over the fact that I'm not getting presents because I'm thankful that my mother is even alive. But there is no way I am going to let Christmas just pass by for my mother, since she always made it so great for me. I was going to get her a new sewing machine this year, but that would be no good now. What are some good gift ideas that wouldn't remind her of the condition that she is in? I know her hospital had strict guidelines like no real flowers or fruits, and only Mylar balloons. I don't know what her rehab center will allow.

Living with somebody with biploar disorder? My mother has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and I am finding it difficult to come to terms with this. She has always suffered from spells of “depression” but in the last 12 months she has taken overdoses around 10 times. I am struggling to cope as the only other adult in the house with her. I am 20 years old and my younger brother is 15. We have two older sisters who have moved out a few years ago. I understand that when my mother is abusive, it is down to her disorder and it is not because of anything that I have done, but I am finding it very hard to cope and I am constantly scared of coming home from work because I don’t know what I am going to be facing. She receives support from our local council and they are trying to find the right meds for her. She tends to aim her abuse at me, a lot more than my younger brother. I have a very supportive boyfriend who I have been with for four years and he understands my mum’s disorder and tries to help me to deal with it the best I can. We are saving to move in together but this wont be until late next year or the year after. I have begun receiving help from a family support worker, but I am beginning to notice the differences in myself, such as feeling very emotional, taking things that people say very personal or forgetting to eat. I have registered as my mothers main carer as I must help her to cook and encourage her to take her medication as well as provide emotional support. MY support worker encourages me to pursue my hobbies, such as dress making, but the last time I got my sewing machine out my mother threatened to “smash it over my head if I didn’t put it away.” I feel that she likes to control me. Does anybody suffer from bipolar or live with somebody who does? I don’t mean to sound selfish, but I am getting very sick and tired of coping with my mother and her “tantrums.” (I’m sorry if that offends anybody, but it is the only way I can describe it.) Can anybody offer any advice on how to cope? Thanks for your advice, my mother is 43 and she was diognosed around 3 months ago.

Can someone break this down into easier steps? I got this answer earlier, but i'm having problems following the steps! Put a piece of fabic on the inside of the jacket. The thread will hold the embroidery and the fabric together and there will be less strain on on the leather. You have seen embroideries on motorcycle jackets? They have dozens - on the back, front and sleeves. If they tore as easily as you are wondering about, the person doing the sewing would be in a big heap of trouble. The sewing is usually a zig-zag stitch done on a sewing machine with a needle for leather. You have to open the lining so the stitching is done on the leather and backing fabric only. I have seen this done with a Brother home sewing machine at a Harley Davidson dealership by a little old lady like me

wht do u think bout this ppl? From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we in the West take for granted. Here are 20 of their most influential innovations: (1) The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Makkah and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London. The Arabic “qahwa” became the Turkish “kahve” then the Italian “caffé” and then English “coffee”. (2) The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham. He invented the first pin-hole camera after noticing the way light came through a hole in window shutters. The smaller the hole, the better the picture, he worked out, and set up the first Camera Obscura (from the Arab word “qamara” for a dark or private room). He is also credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one. (3) A form of chess was played in ancient India but the game was developed into the form we know it today in Persia. From there it spread westward to Europe — where it was introduced by the Moors in Spain in the 10th century — and eastward as far as Japan. The word “rook” comes from the Persian “rukh”, which means chariot. (4) A thousand years before the Wright brothers, a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine. In 852 he jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts. He hoped to glide like a bird. He didn’t. But the cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the first parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries. In 875, aged 70, having perfected a machine of silk and eagles’ feathers he tried again, jumping from a mountain. He flew to a significant height and stayed aloft for ten minutes but crashed on landing — concluding, correctly, that it was because he had not given his device a tail so it would stall on landing. Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him. (5) Washing and bathing are religious requirements for Muslims, which is perhaps why they perfected the recipe for soap which we still use today. The ancient Egyptians had soap of a kind, as did the Romans who used it more as a pomade. But it was the Arabs who combined vegetable oils with sodium hydroxide and aromatics such as thyme oil. One of the Crusaders’ most striking characteristics, to Arab nostrils, was that they did not wash. Shampoo was introduced to England by a Muslim who opened Mahomed’s Indian Vapour Baths on Brighton seafront in 1759 and was appointed Shampooing Surgeon to Kings George IV and William IV. (6) Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around the year 800 by Islam’s foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today — liquefaction, crystallisation, distillation, purification, oxidisation, evaporation and filtration. As well as discovering sulphuric and nitric acid, he invented the alembic still, giving the world intense rosewater and other perfumes and alcoholic spirits (although drinking them forbidden, in Islam). Ibn Hayyan emphasised systematic experimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry. (7) The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in the modern world, not least the internal combustion engine. One of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, it was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called al-Jazari to raise water for irrigation. His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (1206) shows he also invented or refined the use of valves and pistons, devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics. Among his 50 other inventions was the combination lock. (8) Quilting is a method of sewing or tying two layers of cloth with a layer of insulating material in between. It is not clear whether it was invented in the Muslim world or whether it was imported there from India or China. However, it certainly came to the West via the Crusaders. They saw it used by Saracen warriors, who wore straw-filled quilted canvas shirts instead of armour. As well as a form of protection, it proved an effective guard against the chafing of the Crusaders’ metal armour and was an effective form of insulation — so much so that it became a cottage industry back home in colder climates such as Britain and Holland. (9) The pointed arch so characteristic of Europe’s Gothic cathedrals was an invention borrowed from Islamic architecture. It was much stronger than the rounded arch used by the Romans and Normans, thus allowing the building of bigger, higher, more complex and grander buildings. Other borrowings from Muslim genius included ribbed vaulting, rose windows and dome-building techniques. Europe’s castles were also adapted to copy the Islamic world’s — with arrow slits, battlements, a barbican and parapets. Square towers and keeps gave way to more easily defended round ones. The architect of Henry V’s castle was a Muslim. (10) Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslim doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today. (11) The windmill was invented in 634 for a Persian caliph and was used to grind corn and draw up water for irrigation. In the vast deserts of Arabia, when the seasonal streams ran dry, the only source of power was the wind which blew steadily from one direction for months. Mills had six or 12 sails covered in fabric or palm leaves. It was 500 years before the first windmill was seen in Europe. (12) The technique of inoculation was not invented by Jenner and Pasteur but was devised in the Muslim world and brought to Europe from Turkey by the wife of the English ambassador to Istanbul in 1724. Children in Turkey were vaccinated with cowpox to fight the deadly smallpox at least 50 years before the West discovered it. (13) The fountain pen was invented for the Sultan of Egypt in 953 after he demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes. It held ink in a reservoir and, as with modern pens, fed ink to the nib by a combination of gravity and capillary action. (14) The system of numbering in use all round the world is probably Indian in origin but the style of the numerals is Arabic and first appears in print in the work of the Muslim mathematicians al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi around 825. Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmi’ s book, Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah, much of whose contents are still in use. The work of Muslim maths scholars was imported into Europe 300 years later by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. Algorithms and much of the theory of trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al-Kindi’s discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the codes of the ancient world soluble and created the basis of modern cryptology. (15) Ali ibn Nafi, known by his nickname of Ziryab (Blackbird) came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal — soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts. He also introduced crystal glasses (which had been invented after experiments with rock crystal by Abbas ibn Firnas). (16) Carpets were regarded as part of paradise by mediaeval Muslims, thanks to their advanced weaving techniques, new tinctures from Islamic chemistry and highly developed sense of pattern and arabesque which were the basis of Islam’s non-representationa l art. In contrast, Europe’s floors were distinctly earthly, not to say earthy, until Arabian and Persian carpets were introduced. In England, as Erasmus recorded, floors were “covered in rushes, occasionally renewed, but so imperfectly that the bottom layer is left undisturbed, sometimes for 20 years, harbouring expectoration, vomiting, the leakage of dogs and men, ale droppings, scraps of fish, and other abominations not fit to be mentioned”. Carpets, unsurprisingly, caught on quickly. (17) The modern cheque comes from the Arabic “saqq”, a written vow to pay for goods when they were delivered, to avoid money having to be transported across dangerous terrain. In the 9th century, a Muslim businessman could cash a cheque in China drawn on his bank in Baghdad. (18) By the 9th century, many Muslim scholars took it for granted that the Earth was a sphere. The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, “is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth”. It was 500 years before that realisation dawned on Galileo. The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned the Earth’s circumference to be 40, 253.4km — less than 200km out. Al-Idrisi took a globe depicting the world to the court of King Roger of Sicily in 1139. (19) Though the Chinese invented saltpetre gunpowder, and used it in their fireworks, it was the Arabs who worked out that it could be purified using potassium nitrate for military use. Muslim incendiary devices terrified the Crusaders. By the 15th century they had invented both a rocket, which they called a “self-moving and combusting egg”, and a torpedo — a self-propelled pear-shaped bomb with a spear at the front which impaled itself in enemy ships and then blew up. (20) Mediaeval Europe had kitchen and herb gardens, but it was the Arabs who developed the idea of the garden as a place of beauty and meditation. The first royal pleasure gardens in Europe were opened in 11th-century Muslim Spain. Flowers which originated in Muslim gardens include the carnation and the tulip

Social Studies Test best answer 100 points!? ill give out the best answer to the one who helps me out the most aka A. Thanks guys and good luck. You have 42 minutes WWII EXAM DBQ PREP Directions: Step 1: READ the Documents in this PDF file Step 2: Answer the QUESTIONS for each document in the WORD file Step 3: Copy and Paste your answer into the Online Test Dropbox on the class website Part I: Document Analysis. Use the documents and information you have learned in this unit to compose responses to the questions. Document A 1. What is the main idea of this Document? 2. Who represents the “head”? 3. Why is France first on the body? What happened to France? WWII EXAM DBQ PREP Document B The year the Pacific War broke out was the year I entered Yamaguchi Girls’ High School In my first year there were still classes… Later, school practically came to an end and our education became mostly volunteer work. Because men were continually going off to the front, we were sent to help their families- planting rice, weeding the paddies, harvesting rice, growing barley. I carried charcoal down from the mountains. I’d had no farm experience before. It was very strenuous, physical labor, but I never thought of it as hardship. We patched soldiers uniforms, sewed on new buttons repairs torn seams for the Forty-Second Infantry Regiment stationed in Yamaguchi. Nobody complained about it. We were part of a divine country centered on the Emperor. The whole Japanese race was fighting a war. In 1944 an army officer from the military arsenal in Kokura on Kyushi came to our school and told us that we would be making a “secret weapon.” The weapon would have a great impact on the war. He didn’t say then that we were to be making balloon bombs, only that somehow what we made would fly to America. What a sense of mission we had! -Tanaka Tetsuko, student in Yamaguchi, Japan from Japan at War and Oral History 4. Why did school become “volunteer work” for Tanaka? 5. What was the “secret weapon”? 6. Where were the balloon bombs used and how did they get over here from Japan? (What was the only contiguous U.S. State bombed by the Japanese?) WWII EXAM DBQ PREP Document C You, my listeners, represent the nation to the world at this moment! And I want to direct ten questions to you, which you along with the German people must answer before the whole world, especially our enemies, who are also listening to us on the radio at this hour! Do you want that? {Crowd Shouts: Yes!} Third: The English assert that the German people are no longer willing to undertake the increasing war efforts that the government demands. I ask you: Soldiers and workers, are you and the German people determined, if the Fuhrer should command it in an emergency, to work ten, twelve, if necessary fourteen and sixteen hours daily and to give your all for victory? {Yes! With loud applause}… … I ask you sixth: Are you ready from now on to use all your strength to supply the eastern front, our fighting fathers and brother, all the men and weapons they need in order to conquer Bolshevism? Are you ready for this? { Yes! With more loud applause} I ask you seventh: Do you swear a sacred vow to the front that the home front stands behind the fighting front with a strong, unshakable, morale and will five the front everything it needs for victory? {Yes! With loud applause.} I ask you eighth: Do you, especially women, want the government to ensure that women, too, make their work available to the war effort and that women step in wherever possible to free up men for service on the front? Do you want this? {Loud shouts by women, YES!} Joseph Goebbels, German propaganda Minister Speech on total war Berlin, Germany, February 18 1943 7. Why would Goebbels give a speech like this in the middle of a war? 8. For Germany, who was on the Eastern Front? 9. What was the name of the military operation where Nazi’s tried to take over Russia by invading Moscow, Stalingrad and Leningrad? WWII EXAM DBQ PREP Document D Our task is hard – our task is unprecedented – and the time is short. We must stain every existing armament- producing facility to the utmost. We must convert every available plan and tool to war production. That goes all the way from the greatest plants to the smallest- from the huge automobile industry to the village machine shop. Production for war is based on men and women, the human hands and brains which collectively we call Labor. Our workers stand ready to work long hours; to turn out more in a day’s work to keep the wheels turning and the fires burning twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. They realize well that on the speed and efficiency of their work depend the lives of their sons and their brothers on the fight fronts. Speed will count. Lost ground can always be regained – lost time, never. Speed will save lives… speed will save our freedom and our civilization President Franklin D. Roosevelt State of the Union Address 1942 10. What is the main idea of this Document? 11. According to the Docu