We’re here in Anaheim, CA at the American Needlepoint Guild Seminar which is being held at a gorgeous Hyatt…where you can see that they have rolled out the welcome mat for us!

Of course there always needs to be some stash enhancement at the shop that is set up for us just a few steps from our classroom!

Looking for just that special magnet for my canvas. Decisons! decisons! which one do I want?

I really am not doing any sight seeing this seminar, since I sorta kinda know this area. One of the tours that departed today was off to San Juan Capistrano…and I wonder if they spotted any swallows? Now if the Angels were in town (baseball that is) I am sure that I would have been off to a game, but looks like that’s not going to happen.

I am in a 4 day class with Debbie Steihler “Imari Collage.” It is a wonderful piece with lots of great stitches inlcuding laid filling, Or Nué, bamboo beads and a 5 yen Japanese coin.

We are stitching with hand-dyedfibers from Vicki Clayton. Wonderful threads! The put ups are on these darling little spools and our kits were assembled with so much TLC. All the spools are placed in little bags with the corner split so that you can pull the thread right out. Oh that teacher of ours is so clever!

I am enjoying my class so much. Debbie is a wonderful teacher and I am sitting next to Elizabeth and Pat and Debbie (another one) and Kristen and Denny and well you get the idea!

Today is day 2 of class and this morning we will be working on the section of Or Nué. The exhibit opens today (where I can take NO pictures) and the opening banquet tonight. A busy day for sure and until next time…keep on stitching