OUR 100 GOOD WISHES QUILT...WOW WE LOVE IT!!!

Many of you know Doug and I are adopting from China. We embarked on this journey in December 2005 but we still have not completed our adoption. We are somewhat hopeful that we may complete our adoption within the next few months. This whole process has been extremely frustrating and long. We are confident that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. To make time go faster and to give us something to do in the meantime, I have researched some customs that accompany the Chinese adoption. One of the traditions in the Northern part of China is to make a 100 Good Wishes Quilt, or a “Bai Jai Bei”. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the new baby. Part of the cloth goes into the quilt, and the other part will go into a creative memory book with the wish made for the baby. The quilt contains the prayers and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. Ladybugs are symbolic of Chinese adoption and a sign of good luck. Often their images are included in the fabrics that make up a 100 Good wishes quilt. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation. Our hope is to wrap our baby in this quilt made up of our friends and families love, the minute she becomes part of our family. So many people to thank,  Mom, Deanne, Bev Thompson, Sandi Robertson, Heidi Ostrander, Jacqui and Brenda Norick.  Brenda your time was extremley appreciated beyond words.  I am also so proud to say that I sewed the entire back on my own as well as the binding.  We will treasure and love this quilt forever.