Hi Everyone —

What a great day we had in Debbie’s Asian Collage class!  We finished our last three sections before lunch — including the infamous double alternating nobuko (dark aqua on the left side) which I have been eagerly awaiting.  Very nice textured stitch!  So, after lunch, we stayed in our classroom and continued stitching whatever we needed/wanted to.  Debbie walked around and helped us and entertained us thoroughly!  I feel pretty good about the progress I made stitching today.

Progress at the End of Day 4!

Our class presented Debbie with a bouquet of flowers to thank her for an absolutely fun class and beautiful design.  We all want to do the companion piece next year — I even heard a few folks considering making a bid on a guaranteed first choice for Anaheim prize at the auction tonight!  They say that it typically goes for as much as $1000.

Debbie Stiehler with her flowers and Asian Collage

Our Awesome Class for Asian Collage

After class I managed about a thirty minute swim before meeting with the NJNA chapter attendees for a fun dinner at Copabanana and great margaritas and burgers!  Sue and Susan cabbed back early because Susan had a teacher’s meeting.  I forgot to get a picture with everyone, but here are Carol, Heidi, Robin, and me.  (You might have guessed that we were the four who ordered double margaritas!)

Robin, Rosie, Heidi, and Carol at Copabanana!

Now I’m off to beddy because I have an early morning wake-up for a tour of Winterthur.

Cheers to all!  Rosie