Online Classes and Resources

Temari Livestreams: Basic Temari Techniques on Twitch

Current Schedule:
Regular streams have ended. Feel free to subscribe to the channel to be notified if I decide to do an unscheduled stream for now.

2022 kimono hanging/mobile project being documented at temarikagari.tumblr.com.

Temari Challenge: Online temari discussion and study group

Materials List: What you’ll need, where to find it online

Barbara Suess’s Etsy store: Books (now in PDF form), JTA curriculum courses, other patterns

YouTube Tutorials: Basic Temari Techniques with Dana

Wrapping a Temari Core – How to wrap a temari core (ball base) from beginning to end. (7 mins)
Marking Simple Divisions: S4, S8, S6 – How to mark three of the most basic simple temari divisions from beginning to end: S4, S8, and S6. (23 mins)
S4 Wrapped Bands – How to stitch a wrapped bands design on a simple 4 temari. (8:45 mins)
Wrapping an Obi – How to wrap an obi (equator band) on a simple division temari. (4:34 mins)
Marking a C8 – How to mark a C8. (30 mins)
Marking a C10: V-Ruler Method – How to mark a C10 using the V-ruler and continuous line wrapping method, directly from the livestream. (42 mins)

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Upcoming In-Person Classes at the John C. Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC):

Temari Basics and Beyond, taught by Dana Watson, November 17 – 22, 2024.

This class is multi-level, open to students with no prior experience as well as intermediate and advanced stitchers. The week-long in-person class environment offers students an opportunity to really dig in to the craft, with choices to learn a wide variety of techniques or really concentrate on a more complex piece.

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Temari Beginners’ Boot Camp in Your Living Room (or other location of your choice)!

On hold until the pandemic ends

In July and August, I ran two of these classes, and I think they went well! Both groups were able to get through the basics of making a temari core and learned at least the beginning of all three designs in a six-hour class. However, now I’m going to try something new: Since some people have said that location and scheduling was an issue, I’ll let you decide that part! If you have a group of at least three (3) people that are interested in learning the basics of temari, just tell me the when and where, and I’ll bring the whole set-up to you. (If you’ve already done the boot camp and are interested in setting up a follow-up class, that works, too!)

Some things to keep in mind:

• I live in Durham, NC, so if you could make it somewhere within reasonable driving distance, that’d be appreciated. (Also, I am very much not a morning person, so if driving to get there would require me to get up at 5am, you’re less likely to get high-quality and enthusiastic instruction. Just thought I’d warn you.)
• You need to allow seven (7) hours for the class, six for instruction and one for lunch. If you’d like a shorter class, we can change the number and type of designs to be learned.
• You’ll need to have places for people to sit at a table, so there’s room to spread out supplies and set pincushions, etc.

What: In this class you will learn to:

• Make and wrap a ball core from scratch
• Measure and mark the ball
• Stitch 3 basic patterns, as shown above

When, Where, How Many People: You decide! Email me to set up a class: dkwatson(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
Cost: $90 (+$20 kit fee)