October 12, 2009

Wishes

I do my best to be content with what I have each day, and not covet. But some days it is SO hard!

Here's a brutally honest picture for you -- my computer/desk space.I've been spending so much time here - I need to purge again! One of my wishes is a netbook, so I can sit on the couch and browse the quilt festival. Not to mention orchestrate it :) Today I'm feeling a little under the weather with a head cold - making it even more desirable.

My other wish is lots of Amy Butler Love! Dresses, quilts, bags - I would love to make it all with a bit of this fabric - I love the depth of color and those flowers are so fabulous!

So I just wanted to share before I imploded :) I'm going to keep wishing - do you have any wishes? I'd love to know!

Blessings -
Amy

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32 comments:

  1. VickiOctober 12, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    Thanks so much for the Quilt Festival! I'm enjoying all the quilts so much. Life is pretty good here. I wish I could get rid of some warts on fingers in my household. Ew. I'm wishing for a new sewing machine, too, but I think that will actually happen in the next few months.

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  2. BeckyOctober 12, 2009 at 11:25 AM

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  3. BeckyOctober 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Hi Amy! Wish upon a Quilt guided me to your lovely blog. Wow! Am I impressed!

    I am having a blast checking out all the beautiful quilts in the Festival.

    Oh yeah, I wish for lots of things but mostly for more creative time. Need to get off my buns and hop to it!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    Amy, I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one with areas like your computer desk (my dining room, my crafting space, my family room...)

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  5. Live a Colorful LifeOctober 12, 2009 at 12:21 PM

    Oh please don't implode. But I totally understand the feeling...I want to get into my sewing room and clean.up. Will that make me more productive? I don't know. Maybe. It's so hard to find time...

    The quilt festival is fabulous. Thanks again!

    Feel better.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    Hi Amy - I have absolutely loved the quilt festival! Thanks so much for putting it all together! I hope your head cold clears up soon!

    Yeah - I've had a similar day, wishing for things I don't have... Like a studio... We have a tiny house - so its not possible now. But we'll be moving to Tanzania in a year or so and the house we'll have there will probably be bigger... Anyway - that's what I wish for! Otherwise, life is very good! :)
    Laura

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  7. RoslynOctober 12, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    I just posted the link to my Quilt Festival entry my NYB stash quilt.
    Roslyn from AZ & CO.
    I entered in the last online festival, it was fun to see lots of other entries.

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  8. SewCalGalOctober 12, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    Of all people, I think you deserve a netbook too!

    Thanks for hosting the Fall Bloggers quilt festival. Great fun!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  9. JilliciousOctober 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Wish Upon a Quilt has an offer I couldn't refuse, although I have checked out your blog many times, I have always left without leaving a comment. This time with the contest to win a pattern AND fabric, I knew I had to leave a comment. Love your fabrics, your great ideas, and I am glad to see your are normal too, with the cup of old coffee sitting in your office.(Sometimes there are a few of those left hanging around here at the end of the day!) Keep up the inspiring work!

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  10. Lisa at Sun NaturalsOctober 12, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    I wish for a real sewing space, not the kitchen table. Although it forces me to pick up after myself, but that's time I could spend getting a few more stitches in!

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  11. JudyOctober 12, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    I wish you get what you wish for. I want a apple notebook, so I can watch tv and scan the web at the same time. Right now tv and computer are in separate rooms. boo! I would also like oodles of fab fabric. So really, I'm just like you except I have a nice organized workspace.
    (pause)
    Hohohohohoho hahahahha *snort*
    Not really and I would *never* post a picture of mine, so you is brave!

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  12. KimOctober 12, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    I wish I have room to organize my sewing and craft stuff so I can see at a glance what I need.

    Thanks for having the quilt festival! It's been fun looking at all the beautiful quilts.

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  13. KimOctober 12, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    My wish is for you to feel well again! Thanks for the quilt festival, I've enjoyed following along.

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  14. JeannetteOctober 12, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    So let's step back and take a look at command central...think of all that you accomplish from there...amazing.

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  15. CA FROM SLCOctober 12, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    Your stacks seem so neat compared to my stacks! My wish is that I someday feel brave on these blogs. I'm never quite sure how to link and all that. Haven't put a quilt up yet! But it has been a blast looking at everyone's quilts! Thank you and feel better!

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  16. Janet BestOctober 12, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    I am so enjoying looking at the beautiful quilts in the Fall Quilt Festival! If you are thinking about imploding, Amy, I should have imploded long ago! I have my "stuff" everywhere--and I do mean everywhere! My husband even boxed up the bulk of my fabric and moved it to our garage since our storage space in our house is so limited. That means I really don't know what I have now (worse than when I had it piled here, there, and everywhere inside the house). Oops, maybe this means I already have imploded???!!!
    Love your blog and all your creations! Thanks for sharing!
    best3sons@insightbb.com

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  17. Rachel LockeOctober 12, 2009 at 7:07 PM

    I wish for an actual sewing space.(not in my closet). A sewing machine that isn't held together with tape. And a purple MACbook.

    Hope you feel better soon.

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  18. VictoriaOctober 12, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    My goodness, looks like my command central! Was just wishing today for a laptop, too, and a whole room for my very own studio space would be a dream come true! Hope you feel better soon!

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  19. AnonymousOctober 12, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    I love the honest pictures! What fun but most of all I love your blog!
    claudiagraham@charter.net

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  20. CynthiaOctober 12, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    Thank you Amy for doing such a fantastic job with this. I don't know how you find the time to do everything. Thank you for sharing what your life is like.

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  21. hennyOctober 12, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    Amy, thanks for doing terrific event for us!
    Love you honest pic :D
    My room is also in a mess when I'm in good creativity mood.

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  22. CorrinaOctober 12, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    Well it's not sewing related...but I'm wishing for either another dining room chair...or a larger table! We currently have 3 chairs (only 2 actually match) and a highchair. Since the baby is now eating solids, she ends up eating in my lap. Messy and squirmy. I need to get my toddler out of the highchair...but she has no chair to sit in. LOL

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  23. AnonymousOctober 12, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    I dont know how this thing works but the best quilts are Ritacor and Sheril Drummond !!!! Gorgeous work...

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  24. LaraOctober 13, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    Thank you so much for organising the quilt festival Amy! I am loving every minute of it - hopefully next year I'll have a completed quilt to include!!

    My biggest wish this past week was for this little girl to be bought back safely to her family

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2957294/Aisling-Symes-family-thanks-supporters/


    NZ has been gripped by this story and I am just so saddened that she was not returned safely... It has made me appreciate my boys even more.

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  25. AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 9:38 AM

    Of course lara's wish is the one we all hope comes true (along with so many others...)

    However, I TOO wish for a netbook so I could sit on my chaise next to my hubby for some quality TV husband/wife action...and still get to surf the net and get caught up on all my blog reading ;-)

    We a psychic twins - i also posted about my messy workspace just..yesterday...the day before? It's all a blur, I've got a big show coming up this weekend!

    http://candiedfabrics.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/in-interests-of-full-disclosure/

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  26. lvscraftsOctober 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    I'm glad to know someone else has a computer "situation" the same as I do! Also the laundry! Love all the pictures - with I could have gone to market, but.......

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  27. RebekahOctober 14, 2009 at 8:39 AM

    your desk looks like how my head feels like right now!

    Hope you have some rest, relaxation and reorganization time in your future :)

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  28. SEWButterflyOctober 14, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    Looks like my 'creative area'! I try not to covet, as well. But, the thrift and antique shops call my name! ;D

    I'd love to have a full bedroom for all of my machines, fabrics, yarn, etc.

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  29. TipperOctober 14, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    Wishes-more storage : ) But mostly-I'm thankful for the wonderful life I have.

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  30. sewtakeahikeOctober 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Love it Amy!!! My life and workspace is not so neat and tidy and perfect either. Thank-you for always being inspiring, cheerful and happy even when there are things you'd rather have a little different in your life! Thank-you also for your sweet comment on my string quilt. I've missed you too!!

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  31. Amanda JeanOctober 14, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    i try very hard not to covet, too. somedays it's harder than others. i think today the top of my list would be A. a visit to a denyse schmidt workshop or B. a fat quarter bundle of good folks fabric (so i could make a quilt similar to house on hill road's version.)

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  32. amylouwhosewsOctober 14, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    I have lots of wishes. Too many to bore you with probably. I wish I could get a decent night's sleep so that I wasn't so tired! I wish a magic organization fairy would come to my house and throw out what I really don't need and find a home for everything else. Is that too much to ask?

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