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 ...

Figure 1: Fluorescent image of the embroidered thread-spring mosaic. Each new loop of thread connects to the previous ones in a coordinated knot architecture, creating a uniform triangular pattern ...

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 ...