What is a
100 Good Wishes Quilt?
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 friends
and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for
the baby. Part of the patch of cloth goes into the quilt
for the baby, and the other part of the cloth can go into
a scrapbook with the wish for the child. The quilt
contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the
families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric.
The quilt is then passed down from generation to
generation.
We are asking for all our friends and family to contribute
a 10” X 10” piece of cloth that has some
meaning to you. The fabric could be your favorite color,
have your favorite animal imprinted on it, or be from an
old garment. You choose. Include a small notecard or piece
of paper with a wish, poem or special message for Lucy.
Please mail it to our home or bring it by in person. If
you don’t have our address, we can be emailed at
rjschapel@yahoo.com.
Thank you so much for helping to make one of our wishes
come true and for helping to create a special legacy for
our daughter! |
“We sometimes feel that what we do is just a drop in the
ocean,
but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
~Mother Teresa
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