For 11 years Temari’s annual “Bolts of Fabric and Fun” sale has been a resource for artists, crafters and textile addicts who could pick up remnants, yardage, buttons, obi and kimono fabric, often donated from the closets of other collectors.

The annual event, taking place 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 16, at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii’s Manoa Grand Ballroom, is held in the Japanese immigrant philosophy of “mottainai,” or “no waste.”

Temari’s nonprofit partner, Moiliili Community Center, will offer items made by members of its Senior Center, as well as vintage fabrics. There will be demonstrations of rag rug weaving and “kumihimo,” Japanese plaiting with silk threads.

There will also be free Textile Talk Stories as follows:

9 a.m.: “The ABCs of Japanese Textiles,” with Temari Executive Director Ann Asakura

9:45 a.m.: “Japanese Textiles: Old and New,” with “sashiko” instructor June Hirano

10:30 a.m.: “Suminagashi, Ink Swirling,” with Victoria Gail-White

11:15 a.m.: “Intuitive Printing,” with Wendy Kim-Messier

Noon: “Silk-Screening Your Ideas,” with Cane Haul Road owner/designer Grant Kagimoto. Bring or buy a remnant square and print a selected CHR image.

Admission is free. For information, call 536-4566 or visit temaricenter.org.

Temari, Center for Asian and Pacific Arts, perpetuates traditional Asian-Pacific folk arts and encourages contemporary adaptations.