Temari: 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.