When looking through my Japanese temari books for a pattern to celebrate New Year 2015, I came across a design that is one of my favorites....

Happy Holidays, everyone! My little temari shop will be closed from December 15, 2012, until January 15, 2013. Many of the temari w...

Just to let you know that I'm at the Carolina Fiber Fest for three full days. Friday, I met lots of "internet" friends face-to...

Present for my mother, a musical temari ball It's funny how sometimes you keep running into stories that express the same feeling...

  Getting ready for the Carolina FiberFest! Rebecca over at TemariAddictAustralia participated in a similar event not long ago an...

Have you heard about it? The Carolina Fiber Fest? I've just purchased a booth for temari! For three days in May, I'll be stitchin...

9,999 page views on this blog. Thread drawers emptying here as I enable stitchers with their addiction to temari (I love doing that!). E...

It's been a long time since I made a quilt and finished it so quickly. After the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Luana of Equilter.com ...

Not much temari for me right now. We are celebrating a couple of weddings in our family so I'll be traveling. This weekend my daughter a...

Sad news from Kreinik thread company. Jerry Kreinik passed away March 23. You can read the obituary by clicking on this link. A good soul ha...

On this first full day of spring I was caught in the middle of a shower while on my morning walk. Not a drop of rain. Thousands of cherry bl...

Miniature Emperor and Empress  We moved to Yokohama in the late 80's when my husband got a transfer to help DuPont Japan set up a res...