My sister is easy these past two holidays, she requested exactly what she wanted in a nice way. Last Christmas was a small Panthers inspired bag to take bar hopping/tail gating during game time and this year her chevron quilt.
My mom however is the total opposite. Wasn't getting anywhere with soft probing, so I mentioned I wanted to try to make dad a shirt. She said oh you can make us both a flannel shirt. (Oh yikes I'm not THAT experienced in clothing).
Then, she finds my grandmother's quilting magazine from 1942. Quilts book no. 190 at 10 cents. I said oh that's pretty cool! She makes it a huge point to tell me there's some pretty patterns but the one she really thinks is GORGEOUS is the star and crescent quilt. Repeats it twice lol.
Ok mom, I get the hint. I'll be needle turn appliquéing instead of piecing in her favorite color green (which she mentioned she's into now while we were looking at fabric and I asked her what colors she liked)
I also double checked with dad to see if she'd like a lap quilt, he said he think that'd be nice.
Silly Mom, just ask me! Save us both the time of dancing around it!!
Gotta love the kind of mom that self-sacrifices though and never asks for anything.