SNOW HILL, Md. (AP) -- Janine Dufrene's fingers gingerly guided her needle into the soft, cotton face of the quilt stretched on a quilting frame. Around her, half a dozen ladies worked, their short, ...

A new group show opening at the Hunterdon Art Museum on Sunday, Sept. 17, features artists who have set aside graphite and ink, and draw instead with thread. Textile artist Carol Eckert curated ...

In the medicine world, stitches are the epitome of low-tech. You get cut, and just like a seamstress with a pair of ripped trousers, your doctor simply sews you up. But what if stitches did more than ...

The quality of a sewn garment is dependent on the quality of its seams that are the basic structural element. The factors affecting seam quality in garments include sewing thread type and stitch ...

Could a flat piece of fabric hold a 3D shape, the way paper does in origami? Aiming to find out, researchers from the Cornell ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--Behind every quilt there is a story. That popular saying definitely applies to a quilt exhibit now on display at the Huntsville Museum of Art. The exhibit's 20 quilts, made by ...

Smart thread captured under a scanning electron microscope. (Center for Nanoscale Systems — Harvard University) Scientists have woven microscopic sensors into thread to gather diagnostic data from the ...

The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is a car that doesn't do things in half-measures. It's a six-figure luxurious SUV that packs a V12 motor up front, more luxury trimmings than most mansions and a high-riding ...