Warning - this is not a stamping post! : ) I've always tried to keep this blog focused on stamping, but I'm going to temporarily "hijack" it for this post...
As many of you know, my husband and I are in the process of adopting a baby from China. We received some fantastic news last week - our dossier (application) was sent to China on Thursday, September 27th. So, now all we have to do is wait for our referral and get ready to welcome our Baby Girl into our family. And, we have one big project that we would love to invite you to help us with... We are creating a 100 Good Wishes Quilt. 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 Quilt. Friends and family contribute a square of cloth and a wish for the baby. The pieces of cloth are made into a quilt, and the good wishes go into a memory book. The quilt is said to contain the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed. This wonderful quilt will wrap our baby in love and good wishes.
Since we have received so many good wishes from my stamping friends already, I thought some of you may be interested in contributing to our 100 Good Wishes Quilt. Here's what you would do if you want to contribute:
~ Choose any 100% cotton, washable fabric that you like. You can get creative and have fabric that represents something special about you or you can pick a colour or design that you like.
~ Please prewash the fabric so it has done all the shrinking it is going to do before you cut it. Send an 8"x 8" square of the fabric for the quilt.
~ Think of a good wish for Baby Girl and include it on a piece of paper with a scrap of your fabric (glued to the paper). Your wish can be simple or elaborate, handwritten or typed. It can be something you wrote or a favorite poem, lyric, quote, or anything else that strikes your fancy. Please don’t stress over the format or worry about the wording - what matters is that the wish comes from your heart. Your wish will go into a memory book so that Baby Girl knows where all of the pieces of her quilt came from and can read your good wishes as she grows up. Your good wish can be of any size up to 8 1/2" by 11". Remember to sign your wish and include your city and province/state.
~ If you need our address, please send me an email (bevennis@shaw.ca).
~ If you need inspiration for your good wish, do a Google search for "100 Good Wishes Quilt" and you will find lots of examples.
We love the idea of welcoming Baby Girl into our home with a quilt that represents the good wishes for her from our family and friends.
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Thanks so much for reading this post!
Bev.
3 comments:
What a great idea. I'm so glad to be a part of your most wonderful life changing event.
When do you need these by? I'd like to participate - what a wonderful idea and a great way to welcome a new family member!
Great question, thanks for asking! We won't be starting work on the quilt until the spring so there's lots of time yet! Thank you to everyone who has already contributed a square of fabric and a good wish and to those of you who have said that you will!
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