100 Good Wishes Quilt
Can you Spare a Square ?
To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in the northern part of China to make a Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes (Blessings) Quilt. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a square patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. The main 8x8 patch of cloth goes into the quilt for the baby, and the other small part of the cloth goes into a creative memory notebook with the wish (blessings) for the child. The quilt contains the thoughts, prayers, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.
Would you like to send us a square?? Here’s how: Find a good quality, 100% cotton piece of cloth that you like. Prewash the fabric in the washer, cold water. Cut it into a square, 8×8 inches. This is the square that goes into the quilt. Next, cut a 1×1 inch square and paste it to a card (can be an index card, piece of card stock, etc.). Beside the 1×1 square, write a wish…this can be as simple as a few words of good wishes, lines from a song, poem, bible verse, etc. Include your information…name, how you found us, and where you’re from. This way, we can have a record of which quilt square goes with what wish and how many places our wishes came from!
If you would like to contribute to Hannah’s quilt, please email us at gary_and_terri@hotmail.com
For more information on the 100 Wishes (Blessings) Quilts see http://www.originalquilts.com/100_good_wishes_quilts.htm
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We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
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