You Remind Me of the Babe

You Remind Me of the Babe by Plastic Little Covers — a small Labyrinth (1986) sampler built around the call-and-response chorus of “Magic Dance”, the David Bowie / Jim Henson number where Jareth the Goblin King dances around his throne room with the goblins (and a kidnapped baby Toby) to the now-iconic exchange:

Jareth: You remind me of the babe. Goblin: What babe? Jareth: The babe with the power. Goblin: What power? Jareth: The power of voodoo. Goblin: Who do? Jareth: You do. Goblin: Do what? Jareth: Remind me of the babe.

The chart frames the line “YOU REMIND ME OF THE BABE” in chunky white block letters and rings it with a Labyrinth-greatest-hits cast:

• Above the lettering, baby Toby mid-air on a white sparkle puff in his red onesie and blue trousers — Jareth tossing him up during the Magic Dance number.
• Top-left, a brown horned beast — Ludo, the gentle-giant cliff caller (“Ludo… friend.”).
• Top-right and middle-right, a pair of Goblin-City guards / goblins — Jareth’s army.
• Middle-left, a small armoured figure — Sir Didymus the terrier-knight on his sheepdog mount Ambrosius (or thereabouts).
• Bottom-left, a brown-haired figure in jeans — Sarah Williams, on the run through the Labyrinth.
• Bottom-centre, a wild-blonde-haired figure in striped trousers and a black vest — Jareth / David Bowie himself, hair to the heavens.
• Bottom-right, a red-and-cream small figure — Hoggle, the reluctant guide.
• Bottom corners, orange labyrinth-maze motifs echoing the actual maze hedges that Sarah has thirteen hours to solve before Toby is turned into a goblin forever.

Stitched on 18ct Fiber on a Whim Hazelwood Aida — a soft warm taupe hand-dyed aida that does most of the Goblin City at dusk background work without needing any extra stitching. Threads are DMC throughout, with the white block letters reading bright against the muted ground.

Stitched as a group piece — all of my friends and I worked the same chart at the same time as the kickoff for an 80s-themed retreat we did together April 16–19, 2026. Started March 16, 2026 and finished April 3, 2026, two weeks ahead of the retreat — which earned me retreat points for finishing the pattern before the start date.