Let me tell you a secret – I use sewing machine thread on my embroidery machine a lot of the time. The embroidery purists would disown me – And there is a reason. Sewing thread may not always hold up ...

A zigzag stitch enables fabric to stretch until the thread is straight. University of Tartu researchers report in Advanced Materials that thread packing can encode fabric stretchability, leading the ...

Embroidery, an enthralling craftsmanship appreciated for many centuries, requires the decoration of fabric with complex designs meticulously stitched with a needle and thread. In the past, all ...