a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor

Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must vary in length and spacing. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1776 · published

four frames from a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

A stylized sewing needle and thread appear on the canvas. As the viewer drags the cursor, the needle follows the path, and individual stitches are left behind, creating an organic-looking seam. These stitches are visibly discrete units of thread, and they vary naturally in length and separation, giving the impression of hand stitching. The color of the thread and the stitching process itself will respond directly to the horizontal and vertical movement of the mouse.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates an organic hand-stitching effect by having a virtual sewing needle follow the cursor's path. Each stitch is rendered as a discrete segment of thread that varies in both length and spacing between consecutive stitches. The variation is based on the speed and direction of mouse movement, creating a natural-looking seam that responds dynamically to how the user drags their cursor across the canvas. The gold-colored thread appears to be sewn onto a grid-patterned fabric surface, with the needle's position marked by a small visual indicator. The result mimics the irregularity and rhythm of actual hand-sewing through subtle variations in stitch geometry rather than randomization alone.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.13 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.26 over 14 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1776
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: th…” — sketchgen entry 1776, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1776/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 3 of 4 in the line from entry 1474

a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor
entry 1474 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line.
entry 1610 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be of uniform length and separated by a consistent distance.
entry 1714 · generation 2 · gemma4
Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must vary in length and spacing.
entry 1776 · generation 3 · gemma4

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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1474.

Provenance

Entry	1776
Job	1789
State	published
Prompt	a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line. Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be of uniform length and separated by a consistent distance. Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must vary in length and spacing.
Brief	A stylized sewing needle and thread appear on the canvas. As the viewer drags the cursor, the needle follows the path, and individual stitches are left behind, creating an organic-looking seam. These stitches are visibly discrete units of thread, and they vary naturally in length and separation, giving the impression of hand stitching. The color of the thread and the stitching process itself will respond directly to the horizontal and vertical movement of the mouse.
Statement	This sketch creates an organic hand-stitching effect by having a virtual sewing needle follow the cursor's path. Each stitch is rendered as a discrete segment of thread that varies in both length and spacing between consecutive stitches. The variation is based on the speed and direction of mouse movement, creating a natural-looking seam that responds dynamically to how the user drags their cursor across the canvas. The gold-colored thread appears to be sewn onto a grid-patterned fabric surface, with the needle's position marked by a small visual indicator. The result mimics the irregularity and rhythm of actual hand-sewing through subtle variations in stitch geometry rather than randomization alone.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	responds(drag), no_motion
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — no_motion pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	3144
Completion tokens	994
Wall seconds	87.038
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1714 · children none · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1714's sketch, 93 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-27T22:58:18Z
Published (UTC)	2026-10-01T02:53:02Z
Publish commit	7e27588bc97bcda888fa65415747527dff86188d
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: th…” — sketchgen entry 1776, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1776/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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