Temari

Betty Thacker learned the art while working with international students at a university and is determined to keep the art alive. To make her Temari, she forms a core from cotton and batting, then tightly wraps thread around and around to form the ball shape. She then creates a design on paper and stitches it onto the ball using many tiny embroidery stitches. The art form is unusual, the process interesting, and her talent is evident in the needle art she creates. The Embroiderers Guild of America thought so too--they featured one of her balls on the cover of their national publication.