In February I wrote about Astronaut Karen Nyberg and her challenge to makequilts with star themed blocks.
Había que confeccionar un bloque de 9 pulgadas (unos 23 cm) y enviarlo a Houston.
The challenge was to make a 9 inch (23cm) block and send it to Houston.
I sent one, and at the end of October, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, the more than 2000 blocks were exhibited, stitched together in 10 x 8 block quilts.
Al principio creí que mi bloque no iba a aparecer, pero allí estaba, junto a muchísimos más.
At first, I thought that my block was not going to appear, but it was there indeed, together with many others.
Y la astronauta estuvo allí para presentar las colchas y exponer la obra conjunta.
The astronaut was there to present the quilts and the whole of the joint work.
Había bloques de todas partes del mundo.
Blocks came from all over the world.
Karen Nyberg contó su experiencia a bordo de la estación Espacial Internacional.
Karen Nyberg told her experience on board the International Space Station.
Este es el bloque original, confeccionado por ella en el espacio, que dio pie a este movimiento:
This is the first block, made by her in space, and which started the movement:
Aquí, en el espacio, mostrando su bloque terminado.
Here she is in in space, showing her finished block.
A continuación, yo también con orgullo muestro mi bloque astronómico. 4ª fila, 5ª columna. En colores azul y blanco por la bandera argentina, y rojo y amarillo por la bandera española.
And now, following, I also show my astonomical block with pride. 4th row, 5th column. In blue and white for the Argentinian flag, and red and yellow for the Spanish flag.
Hay muchas otras colchas hechas con bloques con estrellas.
There are many other quilts made with star blocks.
Es increíble la variedad de estrellas que se pueden hacer. Una idea, multiplicidad de resultados.
Y para mí la moraleja es que cada estrella brilla por sí, pero esa "infinidad" de estrellas, todas distintas, en conjunto forman un hermoso cielo estrellado y una "vía láctea" espectacular.
It is incredible how many different stars can be made. One idea, mulitiplicity of results.
And to me, the morale of the story is that each star shines on its own, but that "infinite" number of stars, which are all different, make as a whole a beautiful starry sky and a spectacular "milky way".
