This year, I made a Christmas decoration or ornament for each of my siblings’ families.

For Eric and Meggan, Noah, Selah, Jonas, Ezra, and Violet, a green tree garland:

trees in a tree!

For Jon and Leah, Kaitlyn, and Maria, a patchwork star with “Merry Christmas” in many languages, appropriate, I think, for their life right now.

For the pet-loving Chris, Katie, Addie, and Alex, a “Polaroid” ornament!

And for Rachel and Drew, Grace, Clara, and Gabe, a felt “ogee” ornament:

If you want to make it two-toned like I did, you have to sew two squares of felt together, mark the lines, and then sew on either side of each line before cutting, like this:

Sounds complicated but it’s really not!