Stringing chains of shades of orange, yellow and gold marigolds...easy. I use a heavy weight sewing thread and a longish needle. Put the needle through the flower end and on through the bit of green stem, grab another and continue until you have a beautiful chain.
Please use needle nose pliers to pull the needle through the bloom and not your teeth...let me be the only one that has to explain to her dentist exactly how I chipped that tooth.
These Merry-gold chains remind me of our conversations here...the accumulating stories that we share...that tie us together.
that so perfectly wrap around, gently holding together, one story unfolding into the next.... Just 1 more Sunday of sharing our prepartions for our Dia de Bloglandia event. Be sure to visit Rebecca for more on the Art of Remembering.
and...we put our huge garden to bed today...the last of the marigolds on their way to the compost pile.
oh, well, there ya go. this post didn't show yet.
wow - that's a lot of stuff to compost!
Posted by: Jennifer Ressmann | October 23, 2011 at 06:58 AM
I
love
your
marigold
chains
and I would love to make some
alas no marigolds this year
remembering for next...
on
my
walk
yesterday
quiet beauty
the song of gentle rain
and some touching remembrances
of others
remembering this...
xox - eb.
Posted by: elizabeth bunsen | October 23, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Such glorious vivid lovely
chains to link us to our memories.
I do hope I'll manage to join in this year.
Sending lots of love your way from the East Coast!
ox
Posted by: elizabethwix | October 23, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Wow you must've had a bumper crop of marigolds. The chains are so beautiful.
Posted by: gemma | October 23, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Beautiful Stephanie, as always of course. Thanks for the lesson. I will remember this for next year. The dried marigolds can be saved for seeds you know. I always save my marigold seeds when they dry. Thanks for your lovely post.
Posted by: gloria | October 23, 2011 at 02:04 PM
oh stephanie,
so much joy here today!!! i have FALLEN hard for orange as each marigold passes through my hands!
and your last photograph...so fitting as so many of us are putting our gardens to rest for the winter.
i am so grateful for all the sharing and enthusiasm gathering in the art of remembering i have decided to honor each october this way.
i can hardly imagine how rich the candle light will be as we sit together for dia de bloglandia!
xoxoxoxoxo
Posted by: rebecca | October 23, 2011 at 03:01 PM
Arent marigolds the best! I have some that just started blooming from seed heads I tossed back in the flower pot! poor things their days are numbered! I've had lotsa fun puting the boxes together and learned things to do in the future too. wait till you see next weeks box its the best. thanks for looking! ps. the stripeys have set me off in a whole new direction. some will show up soon!
Posted by: lyle baxter | October 23, 2011 at 06:10 PM
Stephanie, so many wonderful new ideas. I have to ask where you get marigolds, however. I haven't found them at the local flower shops--and neither Michaels or Joann's locally has them in silk. I think I'll do some Internet hunting. Thanks.
Posted by: Fran aka Redondowriter | October 23, 2011 at 08:50 PM
Lovely, lovely, lovely. I love the colors of marigolds. Never thought of stringing them together before this.
Posted by: Cheryl's Excellent Adventure | October 23, 2011 at 08:58 PM
Beautiful marigold chains. Thanks for sharing how you accomplished them. Your Catrina is wonderful, is she sugar?
Adriana
Posted by: Adriana Esqueda | October 23, 2011 at 09:50 PM
A reminder to me to plant marigolds next year as I usually don't see them. I contemplated taking some from our neighbor's front yard!
I love how all that we share with each other brings us together.
"You need not feel alone-the journey makes us one."
Posted by: Paula Scott: Molokai Girl Studio | October 23, 2011 at 10:00 PM
thank you
missy
4 explaining it all
so
even
I can do it!
:-)
clearly
clearly
i Need more plants
but still they are wonderful
all head to toe this way...
Posted by: somepinkflowers | October 23, 2011 at 11:41 PM
PS--
every single time
i make these
in
the future
i will
B
remembering U!
Posted by: somepinkflowers | October 23, 2011 at 11:43 PM
I am going to plant marigolds next summer so I can make a chain like this. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Pam | October 24, 2011 at 06:16 AM
Your marigold chains are wonderful! Some of my most favorite colors I can't wait for the Dia De Bloglandia event.
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
Posted by: Queenie Believe | October 24, 2011 at 01:38 PM