Thwarted by eBay; hadwriting exercises?

- I did not win the auction for the fangirl-bait jacket. Alas. But I had my limit, and didn't get into a bidding war. (Dammit, but it should have been MINE. ::stamps feet::)

- A post by theosakakoneko (over at sew_loli) about decorating a skirt with hand-written song lyrics has started me thinking about the wildly intricate Dracula-themed skirt I have been daydreaming about making. Yes, I want to make a skirt and inscribe passages from Dracula on it. Preferably a black skirt with silver text. So! I need to practice, practice, practice to improve my handwriting, and I need to find out what the best brand of silver fabric pen out there is.

(Yes. Dracula skirt. If I'm REALLY lucky, I will be able to persuade the Stroppy One to help me draw tiny silver bats on it, too.)

(Listen closely. That sound you hear? It's the Stroppy One trying to find his eyeballs, as they have probably rolled right out of his head.)