This was a hard-working, but enjoyable and rewarding class in the summer of 1996 in Peoria. First of all, it was a great group. Jean had a "plat" of the purse and numerous charted stitches. The students were to stitch in monochrome, preferably from their stashes and each of them was to have a different color. Since Iris never seems to stitch much brown, she had plenty of that color. In addition, the month before when she had taught the first "Puzzle" to a group in Casper, Iris had developed a sampler for them to do first, reviewing all the marvelous patterns Jean commonly uses in her designs so was very up-to-date on all their possibilities to enhance a design. The students had a great time stitching for long periods of time, eating, helping one another with constructive critiques, eating, comparing work and ideas, eating, then having a meal! The only boring part about it was when the body of the purse was finished and Iris had to stitch a strap for it. Jean's niece, Jan, finished the piece into a purse.

In addition, Iris has adapted the "Puzzle" concept to a Western hat band for her new matching Stetson-style hat and hopes to have it finished to wear at some future seminar. And she has about a fourth of a large pillow done. Goodness knows where this will lead!