JTA courses are getting great reviews!

I'm so pleased with the response from students who are participating in my Level 1 and Level 2 JTA courses. Last winter, the Japan Temari Association gave us a new curriculum to follow for certification at four levels. I've been running online courses and will be uploading Lesson 6 tomorrow. There is still time to join this class if you'd like. Save the lessons to your computer and work on them at your own pace. Remember that applying for certification is optional. Many students take the courses for their own stitching pleasure without the certification option. The Yahoo group for the class closes on October 31.

The next session, a group of six more lessons, begins October 1 with Lesson 7. You can sign up on my website by clicking through the Paypal link for the course.

JTA Level 1 Course

October 1 - Lesson 7

Kiku herringbone stitching (uwagake chidori kagari) - vary the flower by making petals longer or shorter and change their starting and stopping points.

October 23 - Lesson 8

Triwing (mitsubane kikkou) - a fun puzzle stitched on a simple 6 division.

November 20 - Lesson 9

Merry-go-round (jyouge douji kagari) - (just like it sounds) work this one up and down and around the ball.

January 1 - Lesson 10

Interlocked/layered (nejiri/kousa) - practice changing the look of designs you’ve made before, by weaving to interlock or stitching row by row to layer.

February 5 - Lesson 11

Mark a C8 and stitch a simple design. This lesson includes a video on marking. Wrap bands next to the guidelines for a quick finish.

March 4 - Lesson 12

Mark a C10 and stitch a simple design - also includes a video and gives you several options for marking a ball covered with 12 pentagons nested side-by-side. Fill each pentagon with the 5-point star learned in lesson 4.

March 31 (or around that time) - new JTA members fill out an application and pay dues.

April 31 - deadline for submitting photos of four temari to send to JTA.

JTA Level 2 Course

October 1 - Lesson 7

Flax leaf (asa no ha kagari) on various divisions

October 23 - Lesson 8

Continuous path stitching (renzoku kagari) on various divisions

November 20 - Lesson 9

Thimble ring design (yubinuki)

January 1 - Lesson 10

Interlocked stitching (nejiri kagari) on C8 and C10

February 5 - Lesson 11

Layered stitching (kousa kagari) on C8 and C10

March 4 - Lesson 12

HHG (hitohudegake) on various divisions

March 31 (or around that time) - new JTA members fill out an application and pay dues.

April 31 - deadline for submitting six patterns to send to JTA.