Chinese 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Colorful chinese characters on black the actual card includes the lyrics to the dixie chicks lullaby we wish you a safe journey to your forever family.

Chinese 100 good wishes quilt.

Cream on blue country floral critters of the outback and horses. 7 x 7 square with chinese symbol such as love etc 13 00 all squares also include the message 100 good wishes for and the child s first name. We love the fabric and the adorable frame. Chinese zodiac swap i partcipated in a chinese zodiac swap.

100 good wishes quilt for ayden thursday july 27 2006. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. I needed a little incentive to start our 100 good wishes quilt. Age makes the cute hairbows for work and made one special just for me.

The custom stems from northern china where people invite friends and family to celebrate new life by creating a patch of cloth for a large fabric. Along with the quilt comes a memory book in which you write a special message of good wishes. A 100 good wishes quilt for ellis my longtime blog readers know that i started quilting because of the ancient chinese 100 good wishes quilt tradition and because of that i ve been able to make a number of 100 good wishes quilts for the daughters of friends. One hundred family and friends donate a piece of fabric along with a written wish for the baby to be.

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. Chinese zodiac swap 2. If you look really close you can see the chinese symbols. I received this special gift from a very special friend age.

To create this quilt one asks one hundred people to each contribute a single square patch of cloth. The idea surfaced for creating a bai jia be quilt or a 100 good wishes quilt. This one was for kris daughter ellis and it was a birthday gift this year. In northern china there is a centuries old tradition of creating a bai jia bei otherwise known as a 100 good wishes quilt to welcome and celebrate a new life into the family.

Lexsi s 100 good wishes quilt quilt squares wishes and assembly of lexsi s quilt. 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. Email for personalized orders. I loved seeing everyones choices in animal fabric and the wonderfully creative characteristic cards.

Part of the patch of cloth goes into the quilt for the baby and the other part of the cloth can go into a creative memory notebook with the wish for the child.