I am not a big applique person either but this past Christmas I made snowmen ornaments for a swap that I actually enjoyed doing. It was nice handwork to carry with me. I ended selling a set of them to the woman who got my original ones in the swap. I am actually on my fourth set because they turned out so great. I did stuff mine a little to give them some dimension.
Here they are:
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/holida...atterns?page=6
There are other wool ornaments on this site too, I believe. I am drooling over your collection of wool.