Bertie Goes Traveling

Bertie, subject of the wool appliqué project I wrote about here, has flown across the Atlantic Ocean and back.

2014-5, Bertie in Progress
Bertie’s Year (July), designed by Bonnie Sullivan

The pieces above have all been whipstitched in place using single strands of embroidery floss. On the long flight back from Zurich to Newark, I intended to add the leaves and blueberries and maybe start embroidering Bertie’s legs. Instead I spend the 8½-hour flight binge-watching Season 4 of Downtown Abbey:

downtown abbey collage
Upstairs with the Earl of Grantham and Lady Mary, Downstairs with Anna and John Bates

 

My husband and I decided to break up the jet lag by spending a few days in New York City before heading home to the west coast. That gave me a chance to visit a certain shop on W. 25th Street:

2014-5, City Quilter bag
The City Quilter!

What did I buy, you ask? A couple pieces of “Grand Central,” a line from City Quilters that came out last year when Grand Central Station was celebrating its centennial:

Grand Central fabric from City Quilter
Grand Central fabric from City Quilter

The aqua fabric depicts constellations on the ceiling of Grand Central Station. I don’t know what I will make with these fabrics but I couldn’t resist them!

 

 

 

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One Response to Bertie Goes Traveling

  1. AnnMarie says:

    Welcome home!

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