I can't believe it's

finished. And ahead of time. Go me!

For the calm section I drew outlines of rectangles and 3 straight lines on the computer.

 I traced the printout onto Stitch 'n Tear.

 I used a yellow ochre thread to stitch through the Stitch 'n Tear using running stitch.

I added some grey running stitch to connect through from chaos to order.

And here is the finished piece: Total chaos to less chaos to order to calm.

I'm thrilled it's finished.  I'm already thinking about the next piece which is called Dancing in Fetters.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

A short update

The chaos part of Chaos to Calm is almost finished.  I have one thin grey cord left which I need to decide about.  Do I add it or not?

Total chaos (on the left) unravels with less chaos - represented by thinner cords.

As the chaos unravels things become more ordered.

I have finished stitching the fragments on which represent order.

Next stop: calm

I'm excited to work on the calm side of this piece.  Hopefully it's going to be finished this week.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Chaos update

My Chaos to Calm piece is coming on slowly - mostly because I haven't really buckled down to it.

Since I last posted about it I have stamped some unreadable text on the dyed calcico using acrylic paint.  Because I wanted some of the cord to fall off the edge of the piece I put the partially dyed calico onto a piece of felt with black cotton poplin backing.  It's rare for me to think about how a piece will be finished before I even start!

Once the back was finished it had enough weight for me to be able to stitch down the thick cords.

I wrapped some of the thick cord with torn fabric and stitched that on over the top.

I placed the small fragments I had made.

I made some different thicknesses of cord using the zigzag stitch on my machine.

I stitched the fragments on using cross stitch.  I have now started adding the thinner dyed cord.

Once the thinner cord is attached, I shall be adding more fragments and then the thin machine cords.

I'm really pleased with how it's going.  I've set myself a deadline of April 11th to finish the piece.  I'll let you know how that goes!

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice