Amstrad 9512 & making the Codex ...

The outline story behind the Embroidered Codex can now be read here (click to open another window) - much of the written work (ie. non textile) completed using an Amstrad PCW 9512 !

The Embroidered Codex !

If you've seen my embroidered 1940s style book on YouTube, I've now made it into a Flip-book (on FlipSnack) so that individual pages can be read & seen more clearly. It's also been renamed to The Embroidered Codex !  (click to see it)

The patchworked St Pauls image (above) is the portfolio bag front - made to carry the book in.

If "stuff" could tell a story": a 1940s book ...

I've just become a " newbie in YouTube land " - with another digital tool I am hoping to experiment with. I think it may assist with what I am trying to do so for my first try, I'm using some simple images of a textile project & with YouTube, have made it into a slideshow.

It simply "tells the story" or rather summarizes some research (started a a few years ago) regarding needlecrafts during WWII & in the context of Make-Do-&-Mend. If you'd like to know more regarding the making of this book, then click here to read about it.

From past experiences & reflections of my life to date, many items I've made have been recycled from previously used textiles &/or haberdashery as well as various items found around the home. Some I've decided to temporarily display here: 'Recycling'

By the way, "Stuff" in the post title is an early definition to mean fabric or material.