Day 2/For those of you

I know I sprang this on all of you, to be honest, I didn't think anyone would accept the challenge! He!

For those of you asking if you can use a fountain pen? I briefly tried. I think you probably can do this and if you do, I commend and applaud you. I also encourage you to make a video on your findings or do a blog post, I will happily link to your blog and embed your video.

My findings in brief: You see that nib to the left of the pile of nibs in the above photo? I could not get that one to work with acrylic paint. The fine tipped nib, like the one you see in my nib handle, works fairly well. It is scratchy, working with it slowly might work for you. I made lines going with the warp and weft and on the bias. I have seen someone use Liquitex Acrylic Ink on cloth, but... think she was using a brush... it is vague.

I still like the ruling pen line better. They cost about 8 to 10 bucks, and well? I can honestly trouble shoot it.

Above you see my collection of ruling pens. The top one is a simple Alvin Ruling Pen.

The middle pen is a double! It was given to me by a friend, it doesn't appear to be old. I haven't found a link for it.

And the bottom Ruling Pen is a compass with Ruling Pen attachment. I found a great combo pack on Amazon: Compass W/Ruling Pen.

I will be using all of these. And no rush! I have 42 squares. I could conceivably do 42 lines 42 Days, I have more cloth even! So if you need to place an order? eh. Get to it.

Jeannie sent me this link (watch the video at the end), which lead me to this link. And even if you don't want to make your own 'folded pen', is in interesting thing to think about.

And remember, from now on I will answer comments to the blog within the comments section of the blog and not privately through email. I have been doing this but I just realized last week that you may not know to look there. So if you want to converse or ask questions or comment on other peoples comments, please check back and see what is happening in the comments next time you visit. I will post this reminder till it feels like everyone understands and remembers.