Caro Higgs – Book #5
The Adventures of Robin hood.
I have to admit that my inspiration of The Adventures of Robin Hood came from listening to a record and following the text in the accompanying booklet because it was recorded by a family friend… An early talking book!
I have taken an illustration by Howard Pyle, the author, as my starting point and as it was in black and white have treated it like a child’s colouring book adding the colour after hand- stitching the characters of Robin Hood and Friar Tuck crossing the water, with the title of the picture as it was in the book underneath. To the left I have machine stitched the text “Here in Sherwood, where the trees are so green and the flowers so bright, we live our lives in the company of friends.” This is a pertinent quote from the book and I have hidden it amongst a tree because after all Sherwood was, and still is, a forest. I wanted to give the piece a child-like feel because I am, after all, depicting children’s books.
I have worked on an old cotton sheet and used both hand and machine stitch, neo-colour crayons with the addition of fine netting and nylon chiffon.
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It is a different tree again! This piece will go well with your previous pieces in this series. Will be interesting to see what you will come up with for the tree in your last book quilt.
It is a lovely scene and I like how the writing is hidden in the tree.
The light colouring of the caracters gives the appearance of an illustration from a book from the past.
Beautiful and well-done transposition of Howard Pyle’s image into fabric. As Chantal says, the soft colors convey the idea of a nineteenth-century book. Bravo!
I like how you did the two men as it is a colouring book. Great idea!
What a wonderful way to illustrate Friar Tuck. beautiful attention to detail with your stitching and use of colour. bravo
A lovely rendition of the scene and a clever idea to create it as a coloring book, giving the composition a vintage illustration look. Well done.
I love the way that the design reflects the childlike element of the story. The addition of the text in the trees and the use of the medieval typeface of the main text is an inspiration. Lovely work
Interesting how you treated the image as iof it were in a coloring book. Your efforts paid off as this is a stunning rendition of the subject.
Hiding the words in the forest is a great idea, as is the colouring book effect. Lovely gentle colours and great stitching.
beautiful quilt. I love your choice of colours and your attention to details. Beautiful quilting. Bravo!
You have created a great stitched scene here of Robin Hood carrying Friar Tuck across the water. Lovely attention to detail. The text in the trees and the medieval text below are beautifully executed.
Like everyone else, I also really like the stiching and execution of the two figures.
I love how you embroidered Robin Hood and the Friar. The hidden words behind the tree are a nice find. The whole quilt really depict a page of an old coloring book. Bravo.
Love the old school vibe of this great story, well done!