Temari Treasures: Japanese Thread Balls and More

by Diana Vandervoort

Japanese Thread Balls, lavish and exquisite, are stitcher on balls wrapped with the threads of 1000 years of tradition, transformed through time from a humble home craft to a revered art form. These Auspicious Gifts are now the formal and elegant symbols of love and joy and highest esteem. Glorious personal gifts, Soothing satisfying hours of absorbing fascination, Fresh, new ideas and techniques to invigorate conventional stitchery.

122 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 1997

Reviews

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 1 out of 5]

I borrowed a group of these at the library - put them on hold, sight unseen - as I was curious about this art of Japanese thread making. I had read it in another book and thought it might be an awesome thing to do as Christmas gifts. I nixed this idea quite quickly after seeing the bland, incredibly complicated, black and white drawings of how to make them. Good grief, it is like rocket science and just took all the fun out of it for me. I learned more from youtube in 5 minutes, which is shameful to say. So, unless you like complicated, hard to read, boring instructions with no colorful pictures to guide you, do not pick this book.