I completely missed National Polka Dot Day which would have cheered up my January if I'd known about it beforehand.
It's not National Just Dot Day. It celebrates Polka Dots---which are circles set in a regular half drop repeat.
This quilt technically isn't it.
The baseball bat probably counts.
So next January 22nd I'll dress appropriately.
I also missed Hari-Kuyo, a centuries old Japanese celebration of the needle. Kimono makers bring their broken needles to the temple on February 8th and place them in blocks of tofu.
Nancy Halpern arranged a Hari-Kuyo festival last February for our quilt retreat.
We had to post a sign, however, in case of overenthusiastic vegans at the cocktail party.
The electric cords represent some broken sewing machines.
Read more about Hari-Kuyo, the Japanese Needle Festival, by clicking here.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKT33020120070208
http://kikuko.web.infoseek.co.jp/english/harikuyo-wakamiya.html
Mark it on your calendar for February 8th next year and save all your needles that have given up the ghost for the cause.
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