What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the 17th to 19th Centuries

Re:What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the... by mmjaa on Monday October 16, 2017 @10:33AM (#15483432)

As a huge fan of 8-bit titles from the golden age of the 80's, I can't help but feeling like these pieces are a kind of pixel art. The intricate detail and consideration for colour placement, while also reducing the load to a minimum (those amazing glyph bitmaps!) is very much aligned between these works, worlds apart..

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Re:What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the... by KGIII on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:50PM (#15487601)

Well, they are both done in a grid, using squares that are (ideally) uniform in size and shape. The same limitations apply to both.

A quick check says it doesn't meet the definition, but they seem pretty similar to me. They are conceptually similar and I think the automated embroidering machines, those that turn pictures into patterns and then stitch them, work on that principle.

I think...

I could maybe ask the lady at the Grange Hall. She has one of those machines. Err... Don't tell her, but the output is uninspiring.

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Re:What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the... by watwut on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:45PM (#15485646)

Not necessary world's apart. People stitch video game art now.

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