Desert Spirit Temari Class

I took one of Barb Seuss wonderful temari class and this is the result. I still have the 20 sided temari to stitched, its marked and ready, hopefully i will have it up soon.

This is my pattern as I had an extra ball wrapped and I used the same thread colours. 

And this is the other side.

Barb Seuss's class

Finally finished the ball that was taught by Barb

http://www.japanesetemari.com/japanese-temari-classes.html

Barb is such a naturally gifted teacher that she helps anyone figure out the wonderful puzzles of temari divisions and patterns, even those afraid of math :)

I cant wait to try new things with the 32 centers

This is the first largest ball I have made, a 49 cm giant,lol!

Playing around and made this purple flower.

Pattern by Barb for this sunflower

this one is also Barb's

April Challenge

I have been working on the April Challenge at the Temari Challange Yahoo group its a simple 12 ball that is divided into 20. These are 2 hexagons, 12 pentagons and 6 diamonds around the obi. So far I stitched a braided kiku herringbone on each of the hexagons ( north and south pole) and the same stitch is in the diamonds to look like leaves. The colours remind me of the Ukrainean Easter eggs Pysanky.

Sunflower No.2

Here is the second ball from the sunflower class that Barb Seuss gave

 

Slideshow how-to

I found this slideshow that shows the makings of a new temari from start to finish.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wklager/sets/72157624019553398/show/

Some links

I found this entry on Omiyage's blog and wanted to share....


Omiyage Blogs: DIY Inspiration: Japanese Temari: "Okay, okay - it's only October - but I have a bit of a Christmas project for you today. Ever since lovely Temari balls popped up on Ca..."

And this one too:
 
Cafe Carolina
 
and another:
 
Jason Wehmhoener
 
I also added more blogs on my temati list, including Barbs wonderful blog!

Temari DVD

There is great DVD on Temari , it accompanies the book by Diana Vandervoort

It goes through all the patterns in the book, fantastic for those that like to see the stitches in action :)

Temari link

A fun slideshow of temari at Sagemon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/halsan/sets/72057594070624739/show/

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