Correspondence Course
This course is offered through Embroiderers' Guild of America. Now for a group or an individual.What is the advantage in taking a correspondence course through EGA? You receive a hard copy of EXTREMELY detailed instructions written just for you. Books have a limited amount of infomation due to the high cost of publishing. But the booklet for this EGA correspondence course was written just for this class. It is expanded to include just about everything Barb Suess can tell you about making these three temari. You will get a great start on this stitching art.
Another advantage - Barb has dedicated a section of her website as support for this class. Once you have enrolled, you'll be able to access that area to see photos and Q and A.
Another advantage - teacher feed back. At the end of the class, you mail your temari to Barb Suess for evaluation. You get a certificate of course completion from EGA.
And the best advantage of all - support from your group of stitching friends!
NEW! Japanese Temari Basics for Beginners (Teacher:Barbara Suess)
Written for absolute beginners, this course will ease you in a fun and gentle way into making your own temari balls with classic, introductory designs. Portrait Temari (optional project) begins your journey in stitching on a thread-wrapped ball. Three more patterns created exclusively for this course are July the 4th, Quaker Ladies, and Bound Star. Learn how to make a well-wrapped temari ball by starting with a Styrofoam® ball or a variety of other ingredients, such as thread scraps, rice hulls, or dryer lint. Directions are given for finding the north and south poles, and dividing the ball into 8 and 10 sections. Temari techniques and stitches include wrapped bands, starbursts, spindles, double herringbone stitching, and stitching a 5-point star interlocked with a pentagon. Students are encouraged along the way to drop any tendencies toward perfectionism and just have fun playing with this ancient folk craft from Japan.
Project: Japanese Temari Balls
Size: 10 inch (25 cm) circumference balls
Threads: black sewing thread for wrapping, YLI Candlelight
or Kreinik #8 Braid for marking, DMC® #5 pearl cotton for stitching.
Colors: Suggestions provided but students are encouraged
to choose their own colors
Skill Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None
Time: 5 meetings, 5 months
Text: $29.50 per student, 54 pages, unbound in a 2-pocket
folder, 5 pages color