Published Designs Using Single Platonic Solids

These are published designs that each have a single Platonic Solid as the basis for creation. They may use the actual triangles, squares, and pentagons of the faces or they may use other stitching elements such as tri-wings or stars within the shape of the face. This is a fairly common structure for designs; every book I own with combination division designs has at least one design in it with this structure. About a fourth of the books have representative designs for all five of the solids.

The information in these tables is taken from my personal library. I do not have access to all of the published temari pattern sources so it is not a complete listing. All Japanese books are listed by their ISBN number as well as their translated title. The title translations are from the book listing on TemariKai.com. Please note that it is possible to translate titles differently so you may know the source by a slightly different name, but the ISBN number is absolute.

English Language Books

ISBN Title Tetrahedron Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron
0-85532-653-0 The Craft of Temari by Mary Wood
pg. 21 Squares, pg. 3 top left and middle, bottom right and middle, far right
pg. 62 all four on right side, pg. 63
1-86108-080-8 Temari by Diana Vandervoort
pg. 55 Design 1


0-87040-949-2 Temari Traditions by Diana Vandervoort


pg. 80 Sunny Day, pg. 84 Golden Anniversary, pg. 86 Waterlilies
0-87040-983-2 Temari Treasures by Diana Vandervoort
pg. 77 Winter Pines


4-88996-038-4 Temari Adventures by Diana Vandervoort
pg. 100 Quilt Ball 2 pg. 94 Quilt Ball 1 pg. 123 Halo Stars, pg. 126 Rings on Quiet Water
1-57990-024-0 The Temari Book by Anna Diamond pg. 64, pg. 66, pg. 71, pg. 72 pg. 75, pg. 81, pg. 87, pg. 91, pg. 92, pg. 94, pg. 96 pg. 97, pg. 101 pg. 113, pg. 115

Japanese Books

ISBN Title Tetrahedron Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron
4-529-02782-1 Olympus Purple pg. 12 #24 pg. 6 #13, pg. 27 through 29 pg. 6 #12 pg. 10 #11
4-8377-0103-5 Fun with Temari
pg. 11 #9, pg. 18 #6, pg. 38 top
pg. 5 #7, pg. 10 #2, 4, 5, pg. 31 #2 pg. 7 #1
4-8377-0199-X Dream Temari: Classic to Modern pg. 9 #8 pg. 5 #7, pg. 11 #9

pg. 5 #5, pg. 8 #4, pg. 11 #11
4-8377-0279-1 Cosmo 1
pg. 16, pg. 20 bottom


4-8377-0280-5 Cosmo 2 pg. 4 #2 pg. 4 #7, pg. 6 #14, pg. 7 #9, pg. 21 bottom left, pg. 24 #4 pg. 4 #6, pg. 24 #6 pg. 1 left, pg. 3 #7 and 8, pg. 5 #9, pg. 8 #1, pg. 26, pg. 28 top, bottom left, pg. 29 top, bottom right
4-8377-0281-3 Cosmo 3 pg. 1 top left pg. 11 #5, pg. 25 top left, pg. 32 big picture bottom right and top left pg. 6 top left (white/orange), pg. 7 second from left (white background, red and navy) pg. 2 #1,2, pg. 4 #4, pg. 8 #2, pg. 15 left middle, pg. 25 #8, pg. 28 #4, bottom, middle pg. 3 #6, top (pink)
4-8377-0282-1 Cosmo 4
pg. 2 #3 pg. 2 #1, 6, pg. 8 #1, 5, 7, 9, pg. 9 #6, pg. 24 #9 pg. 13 #6, pg. 24 #8, pg. 64 #1, 4
4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5
pg. 6 #2, pg. 8 #3, pg. 15 #2, pg. 17 #3, pg. 24 #1 pg. 6 #10, pg. 29 #7 pg. 1 right, pg. 11 #9, pg. 14 #2, 4, pg. 15 #1, pg. 16 #6, pg. 20 #1, pg. 29 #4 pg. 6 #1
4-8377-0292-9 Flower Temari from Kyoto pg. 3 #2, 4 pg. 3 #3, pg. 4 #6, pg. 8 top left
pg. 2 #4, pg. 4 #3, pg. 5 #6, pg. 8 bottom right, pg. 12 bottom, pg. 14 #4, pg. 17 bottom
4-8377-0391-7 Sepcial Temari from Owari Japan pg. 8 #6, pg. 14 #4 pg. 2 #2, pg. 7 #8, pg. 11 #6, 10, pg. 15 #9, pg. 21 #13, 14 pg. 1 #2, pg. 11 #9, pg. 15 #7, pg. 17 #9 Bottom middle of inside flap, pg. 1 #1, pg. 2 #1, pg. 3 #1, pg, 5 #9, pg. 8 #4, 5 pg. 14 #1
4-8377-0393-3 Temari from Kii pg. 5 #6, 8 pg. 2 #1, pg. 3 #1, pg. 15 #2 pg. 3 #3, pg. 9 #5 pg. 9 #3, pg. 11 #3, pg. 21 #6, pg. 23 top Back flap bottom right
4-8377-0394-1 Tokyo Temari pg. 9 #8, pg. 17 #3 pg. 5 #7, pg. 14 #4, pg. 15 #7, pg. 16 #7, pg. 20 #5, pg. 21 #13, pg. 22 #2 pg. 8 #3, pg. 9 #1 pg. 13 #3, pg. 14 #5, pg. 20 #2, 6, pg. 21 #11
4-8377-0395-X Flower Temari: Beginner's Course pg. 12 #4, pg. 17 #5 pg. 1 #3, pg. 8 #1 pg. 8 #5, pg. 12 #7, pg. 16 #2

4-8377-0486-7 Beginner Blue Book

pg. 57 bottom

4-8377-0491-3 Temari for Four Seasons Volume 2 pg. 13 #3, 5, pg. 19 #7 pg. 6 #6, pg. 15 #4, pg. 16 #1 (cube on C10), pg. 22 #1 pg. 7 #10, pg. 8 #1 pg. 6 #5, pg. 9 #8, pg. 15 #5 pg. 3 top right
4-8377-0591-X Temari for 12 Months Volume 2
pg. 7 bottom, pg. 8 top, pg. 12 top, pg. 15 right, pg. 30 middle pg. 4 top right, pg. 5, pg. 6 right pg. 3, pg. 6 bottom, pg. 9 top and middle, pg. 31 left, pg. 43 top and bottom, pg. 46 top pg. 4 top left, pg. 46 bottom
4-8377-0597-9 Unbelievable Temari from Nagano
pg. 22 #2 pg. 3 #3, pg. 14 #7, pg. 19 #12 (top left) Inside fron cover bottom right, pg. 1 #1, pg. 4 #1, 2, 7, 11, pg. 6 #3, pg. 7 #1, pg. 12 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, pg. 17 #4, pg. 18 #3, pg. 22 #9 pg. 8 #3, pg. 24 #1
4-8377-0690-8 Temari for 12 Months Volume 1 pg. 4 top left, pg. 86 Left of cover, pg. 8 all, pg. 54, pg. 63, pg. 80, pg. 98 pg. 108 pg. 62, pg. 66
4-8377-0695-9 Elegant Temari from Osaka and Kyoto pg. 2 top right, pg. 9 #2, pg. 22 #4, pg. 23 #2, pg. 24 #3 pg. 8 #1, pg. 10 bottom of top section, pg. 22 bottom of top section pg. 6 #1, pg. 16 bottom right (red flowers), pg. 19 #7, pg. 20 #4 pg. 4 top right, pg. 16 middle right (pink flowers) pg. 21 #1
4-8377-0696-7 Creative Temari
pg. 5 #3, pg. 10 #1, 5, 6, pg. 20 #2, 8, pg. 21 #5, pg. 22, #4, 6 pg. 11 #9, pg. 12 #5, pg. 14 #2, pg. 20 #5 pg. 6 #2, 5, pg. 8 #5, pg. 14 #4, pg. 17 #7, pg. 26 #5
4-8377-0784-X Cosmo 6
pg. 2 #3, 4, 6, pg. 4 #1, pg. 6 #1, pg. 8 #1, pg. 10 #2, 5, 7, pg. 12 bottom, pg. 14 #8, pg. 20 #4
pg. 8 #3 pg. 20 #1
4-8377-0790-4 Temari for Four Seasons Volume 1
pg. 4 #2, pg. 6 #2, pg. 22 #6
pg. 9 #3, pg. 10, #2, pg. 24 top and bottom, pg. 26 all pg. 5 #7
4-8377-0885-4 Cosmo 7
pg. 16 #1, 3 pg. 2 #2, pg. 3 #4, pg. 7 #4, pg. 20 #5 pg. 5 #5, pg. 20 #3, pg. 25 #7, pg. 28 #1, 4, pg. 32 top pg. 3 #7, pg. 5 #3
4-8377-0890-0 Folk Craft Temari pg. 25 top right, pg. 26 right pg. 10 top small pic pg. 7 bottom, pg. 21 top, pg. 22 right, pg, 23 top left pg. 4 bottom right, pg. 8 right of big picture, pg. 12 top, pg. 13 top small pic, pg. 17 bottom right, pg. 20 bottom left pg. 10 right of big picture
4-8377-0990-7 Folk Craft Temari Volume 2 pg. 10 #4, pg. 17 #2 pg. 6 top middle, pg. 17 #, pg. 19 top right, pg. 21 #5 pg. 6 bottom left, pg. 18 #7, pg. 20 bottom left, pg. 21 #3, pg. 23 bottom two on right pg. 6 bottom right, pg. 10 #3, pg. 17 bin temari, pg. 18 #4, 8
4-8377-1188-X Temari Postcard pg. 8 #4, pg. 16, #8, pg. 33 #2 pg. 4 #3, pg. 5 #4, 9, pg. 12 #4, pg. 32 #7, 8 pg. 8 #9, pg. 17 #4, pgl 24 #3, pg. 36 top pg. 4 #3, 10, pg. 5 #7, pg. 13 #6, pg. 20 #8, pg. 21 #8, pg. 24 #5, 8, pg. 29 #4, pg. 33 #1 pg. 9 #8, pg. 13 #4, pg. 16 #6, pg. 29 #2

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