100 Good Wishes Quilt

Okay, so we got this idea from our adoption agency and I'm really excited to try it. Apparently there is a Northern Chinese tradition that when a baby is born, family & friends bring pieces of fabrics that mean something to them and they make a quilt out of all of the pieces to get passed down. The idea is to bring their best wishes/blessings for the baby. The Americanized version of this is the 100 Good Wishes Quilt. We are going to have our friends and family bring us quilt pieces and we're going to make one quilt for Lily and one quilt to send to our future daughter after we're matched with her. We're hoping to have both sides of our families contribute some squares and these squares will all tell a story....give some history for each of our girls to cherish as well as our families' blessings and good wishes for them as our precious children.

Some people will additionally take a piece of each fabric and make a memory book out of who gave what fabric and the story behind the fabric. We may do that as well but at the very least, I want both of my girls to know how loved they are and have something special for both of them that came from the hearts of our family and friends. I wanted to pass this idea along to any of you who are adopting and want to have a special way to commemorate your special journey. I think that this idea can apply to any type of adoption and can be as creative as you want it to be. Eventually, we'll add this on to our website www.4-everfamily.com as we'd like to pass this along to all of our families there as well. Let me know if you've done a quilt and what was special about it for you.