Janice the lace ornaments I posted were done on my embroidery machine.. You use a wash away stabilizer. There are so many stitches they take forever to stitch out. Not hard to do but very time consuming, usually it takes 20 to 30 minutes a piece.
Thanksgiving will be very small for us also. The two that live thousands of mile from home rarely come home for Thanksgiving so they can be here for Christmas. That leaves my second and third daughters and their families. But second one and her dh will drive to Witicita and pick up granddaughter at college and then go to Oklahoma to spend Thanksgiving with my son in laws family. That leaves dh, myself dd# 3 her dh and three kids. We have talked about just going out for brunch but dh wants to cook the big meal. That is all fine as long as everyone comes home for Christmas. Just heard from one of my kids my nephews are trying to arrange a big Christmas party for my Mom. They also live 4 hours North. I know this is going to be a huge hassle trying to arrange flights etc and I'm not a happy camper