Meet the Little Fat Man

Let Me Explain… Allow me to introduce the “Little Fat Man”, also known as the Majohn (or Moonman) Q1 fountain pen.  It’s a pen I saw reviewed back when I was researching the Duke 600 pen—another fude nib fountain pen.  It sounded interesting, so when I saw it on sale a while ago, I thought […]

99 Bottles?

Selvage Quilt Update I have no new quilt photos to share, but I did just start putting blocks together this evening.  It’s been a little slow-going as I work out what direction to press for the best results (and have had to repress a couple of times when I got confused), but that should work […]

Quilt Layout Time

Selvage Quilt Update This as far as I’ve got since last time—just settling on a layout and starting to place them on the wall.  I’m going with the chevron pattern.   Next up is sewing them together.  I’m thinking of joining them in groups of six (2 rows x 3 columns of units). Cartoony Cats It […]

More of the Same

I didn’t mention it before, because I felt a little superstitious anxiety and didn’t want to advertise my perceived increased vulnerability because I get “creeped-out” too easily, but Donald was visiting Sweden for a few weeks in late July and early August, visiting family and celebrating his mother’s 80th birthday.  I’m glad he was able […]

Selvage Quilt & Doodles

August Insects It feels like the golden silk orb-weavers (or “banana spiders”, as they’re more commonly known around here) started building their giant webs earlier than usual this year.  They’ve been in place for what feels like a month or two already.  Maybe I’m mistaken, but that feels like an early start.  We have quite […]

Early August Update

Watercolor & Pen Last time, I shared the first step of a sketchbook page.  Simple shapes in green and beige watercolor: The next step, after it was dry, was to add outlines and other details in pen.  I used the Duke 600 fude nib pen again.   It’s nothing new, but it’s an easy subject for […]