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They`re so pretty, Bobby, how long do they take (on average)?

Pat P

I really want to do this, too. Mike and Aya sent me a kit, but again, it was all in Japanese, and I haven't tackled it. I thought I might have Ayako teach me, when I go to Japan in March.

Gillian

Or fly up here and have Bobbie teach you and we can have a Greater New England stitch in!

Cheryl

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They are not hard to do, I enjoy doing them. However, that said, I think taking it with you and having her show you is a very Japanese mind set type of thing to do and she will appreciate that, plus the opportunity to 'instruct' you. That will tell her you are not going to be anything like the traditional Japanese MIL.

Gillian,

Temari are fun to make. I took a workshop approx. 15 yrs. ago, and got back into stitching them in Jan. 2005. The instructions on

are very, very good. You could follow those and do the many patterns on the site without purchasing any books at all. There is also a yahoo group called Talk Temari. We have some wonderful discussions about patterns, threads, etc. If you have the opportunity to learn from Ayako, go for it, I'm sure you would enjoy it very much.

I have a section on my website of temari I've made if you would like to take a look:

take care, Linda

Linda, I just got a chance to look at your web site this morning. Your temari are really great. Where did you fine the Celtic Design patterns. Those would have me thoroughly hooked with no looking back. Bobbie V.

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Linda, your website is lovely, all of it!! My mom & dad retired to Vancouver Island 10 years ago and live in Sidney. I just love it there, you're so lucky. Your cross stitch is beautiful, and your temari is astounding! I love the display pieces on the candle holder in your living room. Truly inspired and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

Susan in Ontario

It's amazing how many Celtic type designs are around. I saw the one I did on a web site, asked about it on Talk Temari and the next thing I knew people were sharing with me.

Temari are fun to make, some of them take many hours, and others only take an evening. I'm currently working on a collection of temari done in red/white/black/gold and metallic gold, I will post when I get them uploaded to my site.

Thank you to everyone for all the nice compliments. It's wonderful to receive such rave reviews from so many accomplished needle artists.

thanks...Linda

Thank you, Susan,

Mom and I just kind of stumbled onto the candle holder in Lewiscraft, and I immediately thought of my temari. A friend refers to is as a "temari sculpture", never thought of myself as an artist, but I suppose I am.

Thanks for the kind words...Linda

Thanks, Dianne,

Wait until you see my most recent temari. Heck, even I'm impressed I could do them! One of them I figured out from a photo on a Japanese temari web site.

One of the wonderful things about temari is one can spend as much or little as they want. One can use silks, embroidery cotton, perle cotton, or crochet cotton. I've been having a great time using perle cotton that I've had on hand for years.

take care, Linda

I'm too tired now. I'll look at it tomorry (I should be sorry for that . . . but I'm not! :-) Liz from Humbug