Chinese 100 Good Wishes Quilt

This one was for kris daughter ellis and it was a birthday gift this year.

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. The idea surfaced for creating a bai jia be quilt or a 100 good wishes quilt. 100 good wishes quilt for ayden thursday july 27 2006. I loved seeing everyones choices in animal fabric and the wonderfully creative characteristic cards.

Posted by elle 6 50 pm 0 comments. I needed a little incentive to start our 100 good wishes quilt. Lexsi s 100 good wishes quilt quilt squares wishes and assembly of lexsi s quilt. 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.

Chinese zodiac swap 2. 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. Chinese zodiac swap i partcipated in a chinese zodiac swap. 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.

One hundred family and friends donate a piece of fabric along with a written wish for the baby to be. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. 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. I received this special gift from a very special friend age.

Along with the quilt comes a memory book in which you write a special message of good wishes. We love the fabric and the adorable frame. 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. Email for personalized orders.

Age makes the cute hairbows for work and made one special just for me. If you look really close you can see the chinese symbols. 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. 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.

I had a lot of fun with this.