A Crafty Year Wrap Up // How to Make Temari

[@Adogslife54]

To me, “not perfect” is desirable in hand made items like these. To me, “perfect” makes an item look like it came out of the factory. I developed this opinion after years of crafting!

[@darcy501]

I went from "no temari" to "yes temari" in the first 15 minutes of the video. I think I speak for the majority when I say this! You make it seem so accessible, fun and relaxing. I share many of your concerns and thoughts regarding work life and impostor syndrome, I think it happens a lot because we always project an image of how we'd like to be from a place of "maybe if I do well enough, there will be a point in which nobody can critisize me". But in reality, we feel like we can never reach that perfect point of being content with ourselves, precisely because we aspire to reach perfection. I believe we should strive for progress and not perfection, because perfection does not exist. Even the people we admire and see as "flawless" look at themselves as not good enough! Working towards progress with a sense of purpose and enjoying the small comforts of life is what will get us closer to happiness. Happy New Year! :D

[@TealCheetah]

So that's how temari are made! Billy, Im always in awe of all your beautiful kimonos

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Aw, thank you ❤️

[@rachelkanode2063]

Temari as Christmas ornaments is genius!! I love little crafting projects, but the minimalist in me is always struggling with how display or use the end products. This is such a brilliant way to scratch the crafting itch and then have a functional, decorative item. Happy New Year!!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Haha! I have exactly the same issue. But when you need enough temari for a whole tree, you have the best excuse to go wild 🤪

[@michaelhodge9902]

@@BillyMatsunaga I ha a new video to watch like share and subscribe

[@planetsingatorade]

I love the pattern of the kimono you wear in this video. The colors are so gorgeous. Edit: the first one.

[@keepyerstickontheice]

Billy, I am really enjoying your content. I am both fascinated and impressed wt how well you speak English and the fact that you speak at least 3 languages! Peace.

[@sharonrimsza7960]

Nice, that is so pretty. It can be relaxing once you get started. All of these are so intricate and beautiful. I truly love the pattern of your KZbin kimono. It is also a flattering color on you as well.

[@lottaraatikainen3942]

Thank you for this video. I have been planning to try making temari for years and even gathered some materials, but never gotten to the part where I actually start the project. Maybe this year will finally be the year it happens ;) Please take care of yourself. Even doing things you sincerely love can lead to a burnout if you never get to rest enough. Have a very happy and prosperous year 2023!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Oh, you really should try to make it finally. Temari come together super quickly and the outcome is 😍 I’ll try to rest more in 2023 - for sure! Happy new year!

[@josebadinella]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!! they entertain and soothe and teach all at once! (just a quick tip, put your spool of sewing machine thread in a cup to stop it from running away :)

[@forerealz]

you're definitely not the only one that gets "stress-brain" it happens to many of us.

[@hannahgreen681]

They are so pretty!!! 😍 Thank you for taking all this time to show us at the end of the year. And they have little bells in them too! I would very much like to make one. Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year 🎉

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thanks for watching! And a happy new year 😊

[@fikanera838]

Happy 2023 Billy! It was great watching you make all these lovely temari. They are perfect as Christmas decorations.

[@lydiam.2049]

Werde definitiv versuchen, ein Temari zu machen. Danke für dieses wundervolle Video! Frohes neues Jahr!!! 🥳🥂🍾

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Oh ja, probier es auf alle Fälle mal als. Temari machen so viel Spaß! Gesundes neues Jahr

[@MsHedgehog]

The temari are really beautiful! Stress makes the brain actually prioritise diffrently I have heard, it focuses on survival things because it 'belives' the stress is a physical danger. And so; forgetfullness :( And yeah people need time without 'have to's' to be properly healthy, even when the 'have to' things are fun in themselves. Brain stuff!

[@susanhoughton1104]

Your temari are lovely! And please know, we all share those thoughts of inadequacy. You always cheer me up when I need it!

[@ObroaSkai37]

Happy New Year Billy! Thanks for all of this year's videos. I wish you and to all your loved ones Health, Love, Happiness and Success, in all you projects. See you next year 🥰💕✨✨✨

[@BillyMatsunaga]

A happy new year to you, too! 😊 thanks for watching!

[@penlennon3576]

i LOVE the idea of a Temari subscription. I made a Temari at the shop calledTemaricious in Tokyo in 2018. We started with rice husk and wrapped in cotton, then wrapped in thread. It was a lovely activity, and I have made some at home since. I love the idea of using quilt wadding at the centre. thanks so much for sharing

[@TashJansson]

i am now a temari convert! what a cute way to decorate the christmas tree!

[@ceruleanskies001]

Happy New Year! I think this was a wonderful idea for a year end video and I was ok with it being long because I got to work on my own crafts while listening and watching. See you next year

[@BillyMatsunaga]

I also didn’t want to make it shorter, because it contains a whole year. Hehe! Thank you so much and a happy new year 😊

[@franblanc8544]

Happy New Year, Billy!✨ This is brilliant! I was actually thinking of making Christmas decorations during the year so they are ready once Christmas comes! I will have to do that now next year🤭😊✨ The geometrics of Tamari reminds me of traditional Latvian puzuri. I wish all your dreams for 2023 to come true! As always, 🙏 thank you for making this video! And looking back at the year... very different as imagined, but I'm übergrateful for all the good and also not so good things🙏

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Oh! That’s interesting! Now I’ve to go and check out puzuri 😊

[@Randamono]

This is crazy, just the other day I was looking for how to make temari and now you make a video about it!😮

[@alexandrak.6108]

Eine sehr schöne Dekoidee! Würde gut an meinen Baum passen, der sehr bunt geschmückt ist, mit viel afrikanischem Perlenschmuck.. Ich wünsche Dir alles Gute und viel Kraft für 2023! 🙋‍♀️🍀🌠

[@francescabircher4679]

Temari are beautiful 😍 I need to check my stash, maybe I can try to make one today🪡🧶. Happy new year, Billy, and thank you for your videos 😃

[@Kittyintheraiyn]

Happy New Year, Billy and family!

[@bonnadowns524]

Thank you 🙏💝

[@juliemiller9258]

I really enjoyed this video, so much so that I wish it was Tuesday so that I could go to my library and look for a how to book! I love sewing and especially love learning how to make traditional crafts like these beautiful thread balls. One thing for sure, if I make one a month, I will have a very good reason to put up a tree. Your kimono choices were just so wonderful to see as well! Many thanks for all your videos sharing your knowledge with us! Happy New Year! Aloha

[@BillyMatsunaga]

All books i found on temari were not really helpful. Actually I’m happy I went on the subscription 🙈🙈 they have really good instructions and super nice illustrations. Can only recommend!

[@rachelm729]

Enjoyed your video so much. Have never seen temari before. such a beautiful craft. thank you for sharing this with us.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@donnabotha6111]

Billy happy new year since seeing this will you show us how to do the thimble as well. Please.

[@EliotChildress]

I put my temari on my tree too. I honestly like them more than glass ornaments. And MUCH more durable. Yours look amazing btw. I think I may have to try that subscription thing.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Yes! I like them more than the glass ornaments, too. One day I want a whole tree with temari. Let’s see how long that will take me 🙈 but it’s gonna be a fun time!

[@antareslesage5611]

Thank you my dearest Billy😘😘😘 they are all so cute! What a great idea to put them in your Christmas tree 🎄 I wish you and your hubby and of course Franzl a wonderful new year. Can't wait to continue our kimono journey in 2023🥰🥰🥰 See you soon😘♥️

[@BillyMatsunaga]

A happy new year to you and your family, too ❤️

[@christinaczarnecki625]

Happy New Year 2023 !!! Beautiful video, beautiful temaris, i will try to make one for sure !

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thanks for watching! And I hope you try! It’s so much fun ☺️

[@oreoluwabello1329]

Please keep making these videos. I love them. Thank you. Happy new year

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thanks for watching ❤️ and a happy new year!

[@saphiabaron1256]

I wonder if needle felting and wrapping would give a suitable light core

[@24carrotgold8]

Haouli Makahiki Hou! 🎆🎉🎊🥳👍

[@siby913]

Great video as usual!! I wish you a very happy new year and lots of good things for this new year🧧✨️👘🎍😊!!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Happy new year to you, too! ❤️

[@siby913]

@@BillyMatsunaga thank you🙏😉😊!!

[@aloras405]

Those are very fun! I want to make one!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Please try! It’s so much fun!

[@RianneStout]

Thank you for this video. I really loved it (but I don't need another hobby... ;-) ). Wishing you the best for the New Year!

[@manud.7799]

Ich weiß nicht mehr genau wann ich genau auf deinen Kanal gestoßen bin, aber ich war so glücklich darüber. Eine wirkliche Bereicherung! Ich liebe deine Videos! Deine Temari sehen so schön aus! Was für eine tolle Idee für den Weihnachtsbaum! Haben Temari „nur“ dekorative Zwecke? LG 😊

[@manud.7799]

Und natürlich ein frohes, neues Jahr!

[@enidmvelazquez2986]

Always wanted to see how to make temari, do you know how to make yubinuki? Japanese thimble. I simply love japanese art. Embrodery ,silk threads bonsai you name it .

[@carolhall82]

Life is good. All ways think positive

[@tonymalagomartinez9895]

Donde puedo adquirir un muradai tradicional? Hay algún lugar concreto que puedas recomendar? Gracias. Thanks

[@charlot-temisery]

I love those temari. I have made temari before, using hollowed-out Styrofoam balls as the cores, which was incredibly cheatsy. I would love to try some other methods for making cores. I fee like using the cotton batting and thread to make the core round enough is a lot easier than making a core squishy using yarn over a Styrofoam ball.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Plus: using newspaper, fruit nets or bubble wrap is super eco and you have that stuff at home ❤️

[@charlot-temisery]

@@BillyMatsunaga that is very true. recycling is way better than going to a craft store for a Styrofoam ball

[@carolhall82]

Great instructions thanks

[@katewill7302]

Love all the Temari designs and have often wondered how they are made. They are so beautiful on the tree. 🎄At about 49:40 (October) you are wearing an apron covering… what is that called? My grandmother gifted me one a long time ago. I have been looking for a pattern or even where I can purchase one with no luck. Would you have any suggestions?? Thank you and Happy New Year!! I enjoyed learning about kimono thru your videos. 🥂 🎉

[@BillyMatsunaga]

It’s called kappogi. I also have a tutorial for it on my channel. The video is called something with “traditional Japanese household wear” 😊

[@diamondanddj2311]

I have a question where can i buy kimono under garments?

[@theHaru20]

Could you maybe tell us what the subscription Box is called? 😊

[@BillyMatsunaga]

The link is in the description box 😉

[@theHaru20]

@@BillyMatsunaga thank you! I checked the info box before, but must have not seen it 😆

[@carolhall82]

What is in the center of the ball. I use wool.

[@RobertJohnson-fp9jx]

Billy I am so disappointed in you! Why are you calling yourself self-centered?! Yes, you never say more than you need to to let us know you are aware of world events, which is wonderful because it makes your cheerful videos a momentary escape from the worries we all have. Sharing events from your life is not self centered, it doesn't make you selfish. your sweet personality comes through and makes your videos such a relief sometimes. The world is in a grim time and we all need that escape. I love seeing how the Temari are made! you inspired me to hand sew a kimono, and now it looks like you are going to inspire me to try these as well!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️ and happy new year 💕

[@loribledsoe2795]

make the little hedgehog a kimono 😁

[@BillyMatsunaga]

He will hate it, so no.

[@silkvelvet2616]

The kimono you're wearing for the March temari box at 20.16, is it quilted? It looks like satin finish cotton that's either been quilted or heat pressed or woven in a specific way, or maybe that's just an illusion of the video.Also, you look fantastic in it, not many people can wear such a colour, you are one of the rare exceptions. You talk about travelling a lot for your business and how tiring that is. I totally hear that! And it is difficult to find your downtime, and like you, literally every single one of my 'business trips' were on weekends, all 17 of them around the UK, 4 were 4 day events and I drove myself and my stock to 15 of them. Not only that, I make every single thing I sell on these trips, so yes. I hear you, it's exhausting, it wears you down, but when you are fronting the public, you MUST be SWITCHED ON, you MUST be your best self. So when you get home and you know you have to get on with stuff, prepping for the next commitment, but all you want to do is curl up in a little ball and say go away, I can't even right now, because of all the intense social interaction which is the exclamation point to the intense build up before the event...... Ummmmm. yeah, I totally relate to how you feel. I've ended up taking a full month out from necessity because my ADHD brain kept shying away from anything 'work' related. Those Temari are 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 thankyou so much for sharing your making journey with us. Have a fantastic New Year

[@BillyMatsunaga]

The kimono has a pattern woven into it 😊 And yes, business trips are extremely tiring! I’m happy that you can relate.

[@silkvelvet2616]

@@BillyMatsunaga thankyou so much, it's gorgeous!

[@temariaustria]

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