SWATCHES #14,15

This is from Melinda and Tony Kogut from New Jersey

Another from the Stasiale Family from Seattle WA

FELLOW DTC ers #11,12,13

From the Jester Family Murrieta CA

A Fellow Jan/Feb DTC er... SARA AND BRIAN LANE of JEFFERSON CITY, MO

The Sosnowski's from Wonder Lake ILL

AVA'S WISH #10

This is a square from a fellow Feb DTC er... Ava's mom Melissa and family from Georgia... Where do people find there Asian inspired fabric??? CUTE!!! This little girl is what I envision Tate to look like...

SECOND DAY #7,8,9

Fellow JAN DTC group... The Schreiber Family waiting for AYDEN

This is from the Cromwell family, Glen Carbon, ILL, who are adopting a daughter from China, Colby and a daughter or son from Vietnam. She sent two squares to represent both of her children.

From Ft Collins, CO... the Pie Family.

3RD, 4TH 5TH AND 6TH ALL IN ONE DAY!

From South Dakota

FROM JEN MATT AND OWEN TIERNAN

FROM KELLER TEXAS

ERIN AND MARY AND NATHAN COOPER

FROM OREGON

THE HEESTANDS

FROM JEFFERSON CITY, MO

FROM BRIAN AND SARA LANE

ELIZA SECOND SQUARE

ELIZA'S WISH



This is a quilt square from my first BLOGGER friend and someone who lives in my same city. Tiffany should be getting her referral for Eliza soon.....

TANA FIRST SQUARE

BEFORE I DECIDED TO ADOPT....


This square was from a friend who was my inspiration to adopt in the first place ... This is the square she sent out for her first Chinese Daughter... Maizie. She has since adopted another Chinese daughter, Sofie. She has 4 biological children, two Chinese girls and in waiting for three, yes 3 Haitian children. She is an inspiration!!!

100 GOOD WISHES QUILT

There is a tradition in the northern part of China to make a Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes Quilt, to welcome and celebrate life. It is custom to invite friends and family to contribute a square of cloth along with a good wish for the baby. The quilt is said to contain the luck, energy and good wishes from everyone who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt becomes an heirloom and is passed from generation to generation.If you wish to participate, select a machine washable, 100% cotton fabric. The fabric can be new or "used and meaningful".

Please pre-wash the fabric so it will not shrink or bleed when the quilt is laundered. Cut one 7"x7" square of fabric. In addition, glue a small patch of the fabric on a 4"x6" or 5"x7" paper or cardstock with your good wish for Tate. Your wish can be simple or elaborate - of your own words and thoughts, a favorite poem or quote. Please remember to sign your wish and include your city and state. The good wishes with the small pieces of fabric will go into a scrapbook. When Tate is older, she will be able to match up the wishes and fabrics to her quilt. The quilt will also give Tate some history. She will know that while she was in a Chinese orphanage, many people thought of her.Please send me an email to let me know that you want to contribute. I wlll send you my mailing address.

Thank you so much for helping me make this gift for my daughter possible. Your kindness and generosity means so much to me. If you are making a quilt for your daughter, please let me know so I can contribute to your quilt and memories.

DOING IT

I have toyed with the idea of doing the 100 wish quilt or not doing one. I am not that HIP on quilting although I could do it, I am not sure if it is an activity that I would want to be doing. Then I got to thinking..... I plan on keeping Tate in contact throughout her life with other Chinese Adopted Daughters and I did not want my Tate to be the only girl in her group of CAD that did not have a quilt. I wanted to contribute to others no matter what.

NOW I WILL BE A COLLECTOR!!!!