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Temari (pics) in Temari
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...
More temari (like, what am I supposed to keep titling these?) in Temari
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...
2023 temari in Temari
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-...
August - December temari (pics) in Temari
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....
Current temari (pics) in Temari
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...
Crafty (pics) in Temari
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...
February temari (pics) in Temari
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...
Variations on a theme (temari pics) in Temari
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...
Norse? Celtic? (temari pic) in Temari
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’...
New year, new temari in Temari
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...
Temari 27 - 35 Yes, I'm alive, just super busy in Temari
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...
Temari 26 - Avocado ball in Temari
I’m surprised how much I actually like this one. I’m going to do one where the spindles are rainbows.
Rose window. Reference:
Temari 24 ~ Godzilla in Temari
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...
Temari 18-23 in Temari
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: ...
Temari 10-13 in Temari
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...
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 ...
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...
Temari # 7 in Temari
Dark grey mari, with nothing inside. Chrysanthemum stitching with 4 colours. Lovely wide obi.
Number 5 & 6 in Temari
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...
For the past few days I’ve been thinking about something serious. Well, serious for me, that is. I decided that I wanted to join the Japan Temari Association. This involves me taking a few clas...
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...
The next part, but not the last part in Temari
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...
You got questions ... I got answers in Temari
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 ...
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...
