It’s just an opportunity for something new.” She and the dozen or so other students in the room make up Pratt’s Mending ...

Apparel manufacturing that utilizes a modular production system. In modular production workers are organized into teams that work together to produce an entire garment. In contrast to the bundle ...

For more than 200 years, the sewing machine has defined how clothing is made. It mechanized the artisan’s hand, but it also anchored the industry around a single idea: thread pulled through fabric.

Abstract: Research about the artificial muscle made of fishing lines or sewing threads, called the twisted and coiled polymer actuator (abbreviated as TCA in this paper) has collected many interests, ...

Abstract: This project outlines the design of an innovative wearable wrist orthosis which potentially can be used for rehabilitation therapy and for assisting with daily tasks. The orthosis uses ...

Appliqué is a lovely – and useful – craft to master. Not only is it relaxing to do, appliqué is a fantastic way to add personalisation and flair to so many items. Read on to discover the different ...

The inquiry "Who invented the sewing machine?" has kept a lot of people talking for many, many years by many different people in many different sewing communities, and rightfully so. The sewing ...

Producing 10 million units a year, the Swiss Army Knife from Victorinox continues to be one of the most popular multi-tools worldwide. Victorinox Swiss Army knives are well-liked because of their ...

Freddy MacDonald’s “Sew Torn” started as a short film. A young “mobile seamstress” (Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet) uses her uncanny skills with thread to capitalize on a drug deal gone awry. Until the last ...