One of my fave sewing projects is doing applique.....you can literally take, say,
a magazine photo, and cut it up to make a pattern for each applique component.
I finally found the “applique of the month” calendar blocks, and once I get moved, I’ll enlist my daughter-in-law to help me make them. Then she can have them when I’ve passed on. Hopefully, it will bring her a little closer, as she is so stand-offish, now. “Hope springs eternal,” and all that!