The phrase "a thread in the fabric of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is an integral part of a larger whole, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "Education is a thread in the fabric of a successful society, weaving together knowledge and opportunity for all."
Alternatives: "a component of the whole" or "an element in the tapestry of".
In an interview about his bowling background, Mr. Santorum referred to the famous book about bowling as a thread in the fabric of small-town America, "Bowling Alone," by Robert D. Putnam, a professor of history at Harvard.
In contrast, patients with Pakistani and Indian backgrounds have more varied accounts to explain their diabetes onset, emerging from a more fatalistic sentiment explained as 'God's will' or genetic tendencies, or as "a thread in the fabric of life" often with a strong focus on external stress factors.
But the New York freelance musician — a bright thread in the fabric of the city — is dying out.
To the native of San Diego, Star boats have been a common thread in the fabric of his existence.
He tugged a loose thread in the fabric of Italian bourgeois respectability and kept pulling until nothing was left.
Another response, seen mainly in the Turkish and Arabic-speaking groups, saw diabetes as yet another thread in the fabric of life, where health was a product of the conditions of existence, in constant play with internalised levels of stress.
We are more than just financial institutions; we are key threads in the fabric of our communities, helping as advisors and neighbors.
He insisted it was an essential thread in "the social fabric of the country".
The city's fire companies, he said, are "like a fabric," interrelated, and "to eliminate any stitch or any thread in the fabric diminishes the strength of the whole".
That fuzzy material lining the lint trap is made up of tiny shreds of thread from hundreds of microscopic tears in the fabric of your clothing.
Pick up only 2 to 3 threads from the fabric of the leg.
