Well it's been quite awhile since my last post and lots of things have happened in that  time.  We have had a few trips to Melbourne and we have both had some awful coldy flu bug for the last 7 or 8 weeks.  So we have been out of circulation, so to speak.

During all this time, needless to say I have still be stitching temari balls. Surprise, surprise!!

I have now been getting all my pre wrapped bases (maris) from Rebecca in Perth.
She is very obliging and sometimes I wonder if she thinks that I think she has nothing else to do but wrap maris for me.  I really do appreciate all she does for me and I
think if I had to start making a temari ball from scratch, I'd go back to sewing.

Over the months of temari stitching I have become rather picky with some of my very early temari balls.  I have used some coloured maris and threads that I have decided I don't want to mix in with my colour scheme.  I have also improved in my stitching techniques and can see heaps of boo-boos where I'm sure there is scope for much improvement.

As a result, my city friend, Mrs S.S. wants all my discarded temari balls.  She was appalled when I started pulling all the stitching from one temari I wasn't happy with,
( which I have to say is certainly not a good idea, as it leaves lots of dirty looking marks all over the mari, so it's best to put it down to experience and start a new one).
She said "I'll have all the ones you don't want".  So now we have a really neat arrangement.  If I'm not happy with a temari I've done, I give it to her and she pays for another mari.  I'm rapt with such a nifty plan.

Last time we were in Melbourne I took a photo of my "mishaps",  although I still have quite a few to add to her collection.  All I have to do now, is work out how to get the photo from my camera to my computer without outside help!!  Well that'll be something!!!