Traveling is one of my big past times, and New York City has been on my list of destination for a long, long time. My total favorite to arrive in any city is via train, and having grown up in Europe, using public transportation had been a must. I can recall many grand railway stations, but I imagine, none is as impressive as Grand Central Station. I hope this work is my key to get to see GCS in person.
The key to my design is the multiplication of each feature to emphasize its importance, but also to symbolize the at times rocky track during the past four quarters of the century.
It was a pleasure to use almost exclusively the very pleasing and well-designed feature fabric. I added some gold textiles to underscore the importance of the 100th Anniversary.
Happy Birthday, Grand Central Station!
Materials & Technique:
Background made from GCS Challenge fabric 2014 (2 different color runs). Pre-pieced “Magic 4-Patch” of selected graphics, fillers interspersed with coarsely woven gold tape. Laurel wreath in gold hand-stitching, leaves separately made from gold mesh and center stitched. Aqua beads. Machine quilted in circles to emphasize the wreath.