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Shimenawa| Making handmade Japanese New Year decorations

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In your country, do you use decorations for New Year?
In Japan, we decorate “Shimenawa”.

Now I’m making handmade Shimenawa every day!

Kinako
Kinako

Please take a look!!

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I got some Shimenawa ropes for New Year

These are “Shimenawa rope”.
I don’t have the material and I decided to buy this.

Kinako
Kinako

Genarally the material of Shimenawa is “Inawara”.

Inawara is rice sheath

I already have Shimenawa ropes and I just need to put some decorations on them.
I decided to sew flowers of “Ume” to decorate.

Tsumami zaiku for Shimenawa

I’m sewing a lot of flowers using the way called “Tsumami zaiku”.
Tsumami zaiku is a “Pinching craft”.

Japan has had this tradition since 200 years ago.

Recently, people don’t sew, and they use glue.
But I usually sew a lot of petals, and I only use glue when I make flowers with the petals.

This is how I make flowers.

Choosing the color…

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Measure the size of the fabric and cut it into squares.

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Sew five petals and put them together.

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Make flower core with some accessories and done!

Decorating Shimenawa with Tsumami zaiku flowers and other items

When I bought Shimenawa ropes, I got some decoration items, too.
Nanten (pants with red fruits), Urajiro (leaves), Mizuhiki (strings)…

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I usually put some items and check the balance before I tie them.

If you decide on the design, you can tie them firmly.

Now I already finished making 3 Shimenawa.
So please take a look!!

Handmade Shimenawa (Japanese New Year decoration)

Shimenawa with Urajiro, Nanten and 5 Tsumamizaiku flowers of Ume.

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Different shapes of Shimenawa with Urajiro, Mizuhiki, boll, 3 Tsumamizaiku Ume flowers.

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Shimenawa with Nanten, Mizuhiki, 3 Tsumamizaiku Ume flowers.

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I’m still working on another Shimenawa.
Sewing the Ume flower takes a lot of time!!
But I’d love to keep making many handmade Shimanawa for 2022.

When I have more, I will share the pictures here again!

Add:Now I’m trying to make Shimenawa wreath, too!

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