![celestialblackhole celestialblackhole](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/celestialblackhole-300x193.jpg)
This morning, I got myself down to the studio so that I could finish this, now named Celestial Black Hole. Last night at my theology class, I unquilted the black areas. It really was a mess and the wrong thread — a metallic silver and black — which kept shredding in the needle. I sometimes like pulling out quilting threads. I don’t know why. Maybe it is because I am fixing something and that is satisfying.
I requilted it with a wavy line using an understated black, copper and gold. I then added some celestial glitz with some gold mica chips in gel medium. I am not all that thrilled with this piece. I am hoping that I can do a better job of finishing the other piece. I have this problem of not wanting to do work that is too perfect (probably because I can’t!), but really, even if I could, I like a more organic look to my work, but this piece is a little more sloppy than I like to show.
Here is a detail:
![celestialblackholedetail celestialblackholedetail](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/celestialblackholedetail-300x241.jpg)
I took the photos using my new lighting system that arrived today. There are two of these lights with fancy carrying cases. Not sure where I would take them. Anyway, I got my piece uploaded to the Fast Friday Fabric Challenge (not fast for me) Yahoo site and Blog.
![newphotolights newphotolights](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/newphotolights-300x225.jpg)
Yesterday, I received a sweet little package from Kirsty in Australia who is part of the 12 X 12 group. She just opened a shop called PomPom Rouge. She had these gorgeous hand-dyed embroidery threads that I loved. She sent some to me. Can’t wait to use these.
![kirstyembroiderythread kirstyembroiderythread](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kirstyembroiderythread-272x300.jpg)
Tonight, I got to have 15 minutes of fame at High Fiber Diet meeting. So I packed up a selection of my quilts. It was fun to show some of my early work.
I had leftover lamb from the week-end, and I made the best lamb and lentil soup which we had with feta cheese garnish and pita bread. We had to eat early so that I could rush off to my 6:30 meeting.
During the meeting, we made Momigami paper. This is a way of treating paper so that if looks and behaves like fabric. I used some magazine pages. You start crumpling the paper.
![crumpledpage crumpledpage](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/crumpledpage-300x225.jpg)
It is a great way tor relieve stress. You just keep kneading it in your hand and then add a drop of oil to your hand and continue then add another drop of oil and keep this up until you have added 5 – 7 drops of oil. Then, you iron the paper between paper towels or brown paper. Here are my two sheets,
![momigami1 momigami1](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/momigami1-300x225.jpg)
![momigami2 momigami2](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/momigami2-219x300.jpg)
These can be cut up and used in collages. Depending upon what you start with, you can get very different results.
So that was my very busy day. I wish I had had time for some Expressive Drawing. I am feeling so much better and have a lot more energy. I was afraid that I was going to start acting my age!! Not yet.