Bai Jia Bei, “100 Good Wishes Quilt”

To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in some parts of Northern China, to make a Bai Jia Bei, “100 Good Wishes Quilt.” When a baby is born, family and friends donate to the child's mother fabric scraps from old clothing with a written wish for the new baby. A quilt for the child would be made from the scraps. It is said that the luck, energy and good wishes from all of the families and friends who contributed the fabric surrounds the child when she is wrapped in the quilt. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation. Collecting 100 squares may be a challenge but we are off to a pretty good start. We currently have twenty-five, "25" squares and good wishes from our adoption.com, CCAI & Yahoo group internet friends. Good wishes we received so far included swatches of fabric, poems, bible verses, a favorite saying or quote, advice, etc. The fabric will become a quilt for our daughter (once I learn how to quilt-Ha!Ha!)The good wishes will be incorporated into a special “Good Wishes” memory book for our daughter.

Friends & Family are next:) Be on the look-out for your "100 Good Wishes Quilt Invite".


With the help of our wish photographer,"Dad", and quilt photograph organizer,"Christie", we present the wishes and fabric we received. Because of blog limitations you must view the next post to see the rest.



Mike gets involved in making this quilt post happen.