In its most basic form, a quilt is two layers of fabric stitched together, often with a layer fof fluffy insulation sandwiched in between. In practice, quilts are a thrillingly diverse category — ...

Lighten your pack this summer—skip the sleeping bag and carry one of our favorite ultralight backpacking quilts instead.

Fourth-generation Hawaiian quilter Cissy Serrao and Smithsonian specialist Inger de Montecinos talk about a ‘Quilt Along’ event held by the Smithsonian National Museum.

Although quilting has enjoyed a resurgence in the U.S. in recent decades, most quilters sew with machines. However, interest in more traditional quilting methods also is growing — a trend fueled by ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Jackie Reeve Jackie Reeve is a writer covering bedding. She’s spent the past ...

Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Quilt City USA Murals installed a new piece of floodwall artwork on Monday. The ...

Across cultures, quilts are given as gifts to mark life transitions, like birth and marriage. The quilts in the Transmissions ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will host a nationwide quilt-along project to reflect on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the ...

String theory attempts to unify general relativity and quantum theory. Popular in the 1990s, string theory fell out of favor as it failed to provide testable predictions and required ten dimensions ...

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools. MIT ...

What if every person you meet, including those you’ve yet to cross paths with, is quietly tethered to you by a single thread you can't even see? That's the premise of the invisible string theory. The ...