Milkweed grows rampant in the field on the southern side of our house. It's a fall tradition to collect their pods and blow the seeds out into the field. We make wishes, dandelion style, as they float through the air. I took one home and really examined the seeds. They reminded me of tiny dancers… or little fairies with silk limbs.
Silk… threads…fiber… this inspired me to pick up a needle and some silver floss.
And experiment. And improvise. What would a fairy use for a loom? Perhaps a milkweed pod!
This was my first attempt… as inspiration struck, but there is an entire field to forage for more pods.
That brings wonderful memories of childhood and making Christmas ornaments. Also a mobile with various trinkets from squirrels to acorns and leaves and feathers and ...
ReplyDeleteI just love nature and all it provides.
We also used the milkweed pods to make Christmas ornaments. We painted them with gold spray paint, added a string to one end to hang them, and glued in a small store bought Christmas item. The picture you took of the seeds all stuck together reminded me of an owls feathers. I like what you did with the silver floss.
ReplyDeleteI have jars and bags of pods and seeds, I love them so! And, look at your dancing fairies! Oh my, I love it!!!
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