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Re:What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the... by KittiHawk on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:40PM (#15484549)
My favorite things to embroider are fractals and flowers, fractals because you can keep your place without a pattern handy and flowers because you can freehand them easily. It's a therapeutic, contemplative activity when done for leisure.

I can't imagine having your personal worth judged by your stitching though. It's such a frivolous thing.

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Re:What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the... by KGIII on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:54PM (#15487627)
The missus made me a quite large star map, complete with constellations marked and labeled. It took her forever. So, it may not be good to judge her worth - it might be good for judging her dedication to complete a task. It took her the better part of a year and a half.
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