New Blog for Books

I've started a new blog, 'Betty's Book Nook', that I intend to devote to books I've read, want to read, am currently reading or plan to put in my TBR pile at some point, elists dealing with books, author's blogs and web sites, NaNo, Script Frenzy, writing classes online .... whatever. I've been posting more about books lately anyway on this site and feeling guilty about using what I consider my quilting blog to talk more about books than quilting. Not sure what I'm gonna be doing with this blog other than posting pictures of my current projects - should I ever get off my derriere and actually work on some. I'd like to talk about other quilting blogs, quilting elists, EQ projects and dreams, and so on. We'll see how it works out. I like writing about just about anything. Writing helps me think, and sometimes it even actually it helps me get out of that emotional abyss I fall into so often. Sometimes I can actually manage to get a tad more accomplished. Not a lot, mind you, but anything is an improvement on those downer days.

I made some Happy Blocks for the Heartstrings online group. They feature novelty fabric squares surrounded by colorful sashing. I'm hoping to finally take pictures of the ones I made for Heartstrings and get them in the mail tomorrow if at all possible. I think my final count was 45 blocks for Heartstrings.

While I was cutting novelty fabric for the Heartstrings Happy Blocks, I found I had enough of two different fabrics to make two complete Happy Block quilts I can make and donate locally. One uses a fabric with brightly colored doggies and kitties and the other uses two complementary Mary Engelbreit fabrics. They are both going to be so cute and colorful. I'm using three solid fabrics to frame the doggie/kitty squares and two colors for the Mary Engelbreit fabric. I used EQ6 to create layouts so my brain doesn't get too befuddled trying to remember how to sew the rows together without putting all the oranges together! I'll use one of the solids for a border and another solid for the binding on each quilt. I'm probably going to use fleece for the backings since that is easier for me.