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I’m still making them. I sent an email this morning to a registered teacher with the Japan Temari Association to start the process of becoming certified. It’s about a decade of study to becoming...

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This is the selection I chose for the juried art show. Hey! I got in!! As I was obsessing a few days before submission, I tried this pattern in similar colours, in case I changed my mind last m...

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I honestly don’t have much to write about right now. So here are some of my recent temari. I decided to finally sit and read the directions for this temari slowly. I’m not a written-instruction-...

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A standard 16 point kiku chrysanthemum. I love this pattern, but I hated these beads. The holes were too tiny for most of my needles and I broke about half of them trying to get them to attach....

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I was given more variegated thread, so I thought I would try this pattern that I had never done before. I actually enjoyed making it! And the new Hogwarts set that I made for a hospital fundrai...

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The one I made for my March handmade and trade partner. I wish the photos did it justice. I honestly love this one. And a couple of egg shapes for Easter/spring. Temari typically are only do...

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Here’s the red and white Valentine’s one I was mentioning in my last entry. Too many guidelines on such a small ball. Although, I’ve got a pattern for double this number that I want to try short...

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I haven’t tackled a new pattern lately, but rather worked on other patterns in different colourways. First, though, a temari I made for someone on here. She requested a specific pattern in shade...

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My husband says this one looks like it is an ancient rune. I didn’t like stitching it. Too much around, around, around. So boring. BUT … I like the end result a lot. We all know that means I’...

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I said I wanted to start trying new patterns, so here we go. I LOVE this temari. I tried it once before, but didn’t really read the pattern instructions closely and as such was entirely disappo...

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I’ve been really enjoying making temari based on themes. This one is based on blue jay colours: I did a series based on Harry Potter house sigil colours and a snitch. Wings is hard, yo. J ha...

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I’m surprised how much I actually like this one. I’m going to do one where the spindles are rainbows.

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Rose window. Reference:

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In June my handmade and trade partner mentioned that she is obsessed with Bigfoot. An idea popped into my head to get a print from Dorkus Aloneus to send along with her temari. It became a 2 mo...

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Long life pattern, aka tortoise with a matching tassel. My inner 80’s child creeping in with these colours. And from the side: Similar looking ends: But definitely different from the side: ...

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Yes, that is correct. I knocked out 4 temari this weekend. I got my second vaccine dose on Friday, so I didn’t plan on doing anything strenuous this weekend. In the end it didn’t really matter...

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One of the problems with trying to crank out temari, is that I’m making stupid mistakes. I couldn’t figure out the mistake on this one until I was almost finished, so I’m going to accept that it ...

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This one is for my handmade and trade partner for June. She said she likes purple. I really, really, like how this one turned out. In fact, I will likely be doing more of this pattern in the f...

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Dark grey mari, with nothing inside. Chrysanthemum stitching with 4 colours. Lovely wide obi.

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I got an order for a temari, but she wasn’t sure which style she preferred. I told her I would make both and she could choose. This is the style she eventually picked. Navy blue mari with iri...

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I was dreaming of this temari while I did the previous wrapped one. Could not get it out of my head. So, even though I have others I should be doing, here’s a rainbow temari. Black mari wit...

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Okay you crazy crafting voyeurs, here’s how you mark a temari for stitching. There will be one more entry after this one, because after I got to a certain part I forgot to take more pictures, so...

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One of my friends wanted to know what a temari looks like inside. Like, how do I get stuff into it? Traditionally, temari start as a stocking filled with rice, or old rags. I haven’t tried one ...

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My handmade and trade partner for May introduced me using both of the Iris pictures from my Instagram. Based on her preference for pinks and reds, I made this for her. I still don’t like this pa...

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Apparently I subconsciously chose colours to coordinate with this little antique vase I picked up a few weeks ago. Also, there is a stone inside this temari, but I cannot for the life of me f...

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