Did you know that hand sewing dates back at least 20,000 years? Archaeological discoveries show that Stone Age people sewed clothes out of fur and animal skin using needles made of bone.

First, he shows the intrinsic problem: sewing by hand requires you to reverse the direction of the needle, and it isn’t clear how to make a simple machine to do that. Sure, today you could ...

Yet, they only discovered 58 sewing needles or pins. Sewing kits on a plane aren't just for avid seamstresses or tailors.