Can't give you any ideas for Christmas gifts but I would like to share this blog with everyone. Pat Speth, author of the Nickel Quilts has a blog. Many of her blocks use 2 1/2'' squares and they are scrappy! Anyway, here is the address nickelquilts.wordpress.com She is doing a block project called deli-geese that I thought looked very interesting. She is now on block 45. Lots of possibilities for our birthday squares. Enjoy!