Winnie the Pooh Version of the Bayeux Tapestry

British artist Ernest Howard Shepard became internationally famous for his illustrations included in the first edition of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

In 1966, Britain commemorated the nine hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, which was recorded for future generations in the 230-foot long Bayeux Tapestry. It was also, Victoria Botkin informs us, the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. Shepard marked the occasion by designing a Pooh version of the Bayeux Tapestry, which you can see below:

But that was just on paper. Kate Jarman shares on Twitter that her mother has used her embroidery skills to turn Shepard's illustration into an actual piece of fabric art.

-via Marilyn Terrell


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What a great idea! I love it and the results are so cool. Did you send the template with the reception invitations, with instructions for guests to bring them to the party? That's a cool concept and you can use them as decorations or assemble them in a scrap book. And Happy Marriage to you!
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That would also make a neat pattern for a set of windchimes! Cut a large burd out of sturdy tin sheeting, punch four to six holes into the wings, then hang smaller tin birds from light chain or high-test fishing wire strung through the holes. They'd catch the wind and make a lovely tinkly clicking sound.

--TwoDragons
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Thanks!

Martha - yup, sent them out with the invites and we strung them from the ceiling at the elopement afterparty venue (check the other sets for pics)

Denita - I think they'd work fantastically well as windchimes, excellent idea!

And Ms. Domestica! Eep! How embarassing! See what Michael Moore has done to literature!
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