I'm really happy that some of my Christmas gifts that I've sent have been received, opened and loved! I made a few of these patchwork totes. There is nothing like square patches that I truly love. And I still adore Ginseng collection by Joel Dewberry as much as I did when it just came out. I seem to have my glitter penguin's approval too! On the other side of the tote, I appliqued my friend's (recipient's) name. Vy - Isn't it such a pretty name? These are some felt cakes I made for Joe's niece Sarah. It took me a while to make a pattern that I felt comfortable with, but it was worth it. I ended up wanting to make some for myself too! Some Christmasy placemats. I was hoping that the recipients will open this gift before Christmas so that they can use these mats this year, so it was really nice to know that they opened the gifts as soon as they received these mats. I used a pattern in Kumiko Fujita's patchwork pattern 318 to make this for my mother-in-la