100 Good Wishes Quilt

 We are starting a very special project to keep us busy and help us prepare for the arrival of Kate and we’d love your help and participation. 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. It is a custom to invite 100 people to contribute a single square patch of cloth. These 100 patches are sewn together into a quilt that contains “good wishes” from all the families and friends who contribute a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.

How can I contribute to your quilt?
                                                                    What you will need to do is send us three things: a 10X10 inch piece of cloth, a written wish with a small piece of your chosen cloth attached to it, and a picture of your family.

Specific fabric details                                                                                              One 10x10 inch square of 100% cotton washable fabric. It can be new or a “used and meaningful” fabric.  If you buy a new fabric, you will need to get ¼ yard of fabric cut- that will give you plenty for a 10x10 inch square plus extra to put on your card.

Specific wish details                                                                                                This is the fun part. Send us a card as small as 4″x6″ or as large as 8″x10″ with a good wish for Kate and 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, prayer, or bible verse. I’d like for you to be as simple or as creative as you’d like! You can write your wish on a simple index card, or make it more of a scrapbook type card. Please remember to sign your wish. Also remember to send a picture of you or your family with your card. These written wishes and pictures will be placed in a 12×12 album so that your wishes will always be remembered.

Where do I send my fabric?                                                                                      You can mail your fabric, card, and family picture to me at:

Amybeth Skinner

10 The Terrace

Newnan, GA  30263

 

We would love to have this done by the time Kate gets home, so if you would like to participate, please mail this by August 1st.  If you have any questions you can email me at amybethskinner@gmail.com

Thank you!!!!!!