Sophie's 100 Good Wishes Quilt: #2

Can You Spare a Square?

Family and Friends, I recently learned of a custom, originating in the northern part of China. It’s tradition to make a “One Hundred Good Wishes Quilt, or Bai Jia Bei as it’s called in Chinese, to celebrate a new life in a family. To create this quilt, one asks one hundred people to each contribute a single square patch of cloth. The 100 patches are sewn together into a quilt that contains the luck and good wishes from all those family members and friends. I am beginning to gather patches for a quilt for our daughter. Would you consider contributing a square or two of cloth along with a separate written wish or prayer for this child on a small card or piece of paper? Wish can be written on a 3X5 card, but no larger than 4X6. Please attach a small square of the fabric to the wish card. These wishes will be going into a scrapbook, and when Sophie gets older she can match the squares of the quilt to the wishes in the scrapbook. The size of the squares is "8X8”. The material should be a cotton fabric, either printed or solid – you make the choice. You can contribute an old scrap of cloth, or you can use a new piece of material. A wider variety of fabrics and colors will make the quilt more interesting. Anything goes – as life is an unexpected patchwork of happenings and events. I would greatly appreciate the material and wishes you could send for our daughter. They will be treasured forever.

Monday, January 29, 2007

#2

This comes from the Barnett family in Louisiana. The bugs are so cute, and I really like all of the fabrics with the black backgrounds.

Wishing you always love to surround you,
warm memories to cheer you,
good fortune to walk beside you,
and happiness to fill your heart.
Chinese Poem

Sophie's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Can You Spare a Square?

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