When the English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the royal tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt in November 1922, it took fully eight days to unwrap the mummified body of the young king from 16 layers ...

An 1895 Montgomery Ward cabinet model treadle sewing machine is part of the Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn. (Courtesy photo) A 1910 wedding ...

If you have ever shopped for bedding in the USA, you have likely been told that a higher number always means a better night’s sleep. However, this isn’t always true. Many manufacturers inflate thread ...

Along with specifications like material, size, and weave, most cotton bedding comes with a thread count, which is the number of threads in one square inch of fabric. It’s determined by counting the ...

That's the question the Wellington County Museum & Archives (formerly known as the Poor House) posed to Connections Fibre Artists for ARTeFActs, an exhibit that wrapped up last weekend. Invited ...