Merry Christmas!

from the Little Penguin house to yours!

Wishing you a day that you get to spend in your favorite way, 

whether busy or quiet!

Younger son and I baked some cut out sugar cookies over the weekend.  They're our favorite for this time of year.  So much so that I had put a few in the freezer to save them for Christmas Day dessert!

I made us some new cloth napkins for our Christmas dinner.  These are made from my favorite napkin tutorial, found here.  Over the years I've made many of these - two fat quarters make two napkins and they are reversible.   I really wanted to make four this time, though, so I bought a half yard of each print.  (Joann's was having a really good sale on the holiday prints - I think I paid $4 total!)

I love the cardinal print!

I enjoyed this book this week.  It takes place on a remote island off the coast of Scotland, with lots of interesting characters.

LeeAnna's question of the week is about a favorite Christmas gift we were given as a child.   One year my sister and I each wanted a Tressy doll.  Do you remember those?  Their hair grew, and you could play with it and make different hairdos.   My memory is fuzzy on this, but I think at some point I decided to take Tressy off my list because I didn't think our parents would get her for us.   Somehow I still got one, though - lucky me!

Merry Christmas!  Hope you got everything on your list!

Linking up at Quiltfabrication for Midweek Makers and at

The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss, and

Not Afraid of Color for I Like Thursday.