0_Apprentice
I own a sewing machine, an old one, but unfortunately am not very good at using it, though I would like to get better.
1_Wizard
I'm sure if you work at it you will get better. The sewing machine was origionally invented in the Industrial Revolution. 
0_Apprentice
Can you imagine if all our clothes we wear today (with as big a wardrobe as some people have) had to be sewn by hand?
1_Wizard
No I really can't. The Industrial revolution was the transition to new manufacturing between 1820 to 1840
0_Apprentice
Hard to believe the changes that have happened in under 200 years.
1_Wizard
Yeah, the textile industry was acutally the first to make the transition to modern manufacturing methods. 
0_Apprentice
That surprises me a little. I would figure it would have been some other industry. But I guess that actually makes sense.
1_Wizard
And it fueled a lot of economic development in other industries too!