Quilting Stash – Podcast #107

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My top Five wishes for Christmas, just in case Santa has a little more room in his bag for me.

I don’t want to spoil the podcast surprise, but here are some links and pictures of what you will find there:

“Let Joy and Innocence Prevail” written by Pat Metheny, and it’s his instrumental version that I love the most. Oops! Written by Hans Zimmer and Trevor Horn, but performed by Pat’s incredible guitar-work for the movie.
“My Grown-up Christmas List” was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson Jenner (Bruce Jenner – the athlete’s ex).
Here are the words to this beautiful song:

Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
my childhood fantasies

Well, I’m all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I’m not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here’s my lifelong wish,
My grown up Christmas list
Not for myself,
But for a world in need:

No more lives torn apart,
That wars would never start,
And time would heal all hearts,
And everyone would have a friend,
And right would always win,
And love would never end:
This is my grown up Christmas list.

What is this illusion called “the innocence of youth”?
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth —
(there’d be)
No more lives torn apart,
That wars would never start,
And time would heal all hearts,
And everyone would have a friend,
And right would always win,
And love would never end, oh
This is my grown up Christmas list.

This is my only lifelong wish:
This is My grown up Christmas list.

Ok, so I’m feeling compelled to add my favorite song list – just so you know where my head, ears and heart are at this special time of year.
1. Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses (This song gets me in the mood within the first 8 bars of the song!)
2. O Holy Night
3. Sleighride (ok, corny but a keeper!)
4. Mary, Did You Know? (I love this by just about anybody, but I heard it the very first time done on tv by Wynonna and Kenny Rogers – it just decked me)
5. Breath of Heaven (Amy Grant)
6. I’ll be Home for Christmas (only by the eternal Bing Crosby — makes me cry everytime I hear it)
7. Wonderful Christmastime (McCartney, of course!)
8. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reggae (our kids favorite song to sing along with when they were little)
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (sung only by Judy Garland, in “Meet Me in St. Louis” – my mother’s favorite Christmas movie)
10. I Wonder As I Wander (my favorite one was done by Kurt Bestor)
11. Christmas Time is Here (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
12. Silent Night, sung in Gaelic, by Enya
13. Little Saint Nick, the Beach Boys
14. Any Christmas song done by Mannheim Steamroller
15. Almost any Christmas song done by the Trans Siberian Orchestra
16. The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
17. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
18. Dominic, the Italian Christmas Donkey, Lou Monte

and that’s just the short list. If I had one, I would put these on my… — you listening, Santa?:

ok, so I’ll take on iPod touch — it will let me see my favorite quilt shows, too ; )

It’s all about time with family and our traditions – one of which is:

Temple Hill, Oakland, CA
The lights on Temple Hill in Oakland, CA, and the music extravaganza that happens there every evening.Then a trip to our favorite eatery:

Fenton’s Creamery — yum yum!!

Next, Some Feedback From My Fans:
“I just want to write this email to let you know I love your show! I work during the day doing mundane typing. I enjoy listing to your podcast to take my mind off of what I am doing. I sit a piece of paper beside me during your podcast and write down inspirational ideas throughout the show.” Tracy Ward

“I love your podcasts and these newsletters. I don’t get to many events out here in the Boston area, but if I do I will send them along.
Can’t wait to see you on The Quilt Show!!
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” Mary Hamilton

“I just want to say thanks for the podcasts you do . I know they take a lot of time to put together but I enjoy hearing them and have been inspired and have learned so much. I have also been introduced to many quilters I would not have known about through your interviews. Please keep up the wonderful work you are doing.” Nancy Z. in CT

My #1 wish is to keep Quilting Stash podcast going – for a long time. The details are in the podcast, and the Tip Jar is in the column on this page to the right…

I’m looking forward to many more shows, vidcasts in the future, and hearing from you, my listeners. My wish for you is a safe and happy Christmas season, tucked under quilts with the ones you love.

Here’s a picture of my very first quilt design, made for my son, Ryan – who is actually, finally, going to get his quilt. (The pattern is being retired, and a new one will emerge). He totally inspired this quilt from half way around the world, in Vercelli, Italy.

“All Hearts Come Home for Christmas”, just where they should be!