TATE'S 100 WISH QUILT

SWATCH SWAPPING AND WISDOM WISHING FOR TATE.

Saturday, April 29, 2006

FOREVER #60

This is a square and a wish from a single adopter like myself.... I met her from a Church group I belong to.... Susan just got Emma not too long ago. Emma is beyond words adorable!!!! Single people like Susan who have gone before me and adopted just blow my mind and are such inspirations to me!!!!


FROM SUSAN AND EMMA BROBERG Los Angeles, CA

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

FROM PEI #59

OH CANADA!!!!
This is a square from P.E.I Canada...home of Anne of Green Gables fame.... Some place I have been trying to travel to for years now!!!! The message says we witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.... Tate has already been a MIRACLE in my life.


FROM DEB AND SHANE GALLANT FROM Prince Edward Island, CANADA.

Monday, April 24, 2006

PLUM AND OLIVE #58

Love the Colors in this square!!! Olivey green and plum...



From the TAPPENDEN family, Hampton CT

Friday, April 21, 2006

SUNSHINE #57

Pink Gingham with Lady Bugs.... This is the same color pink that I am using in Tate's Kingdom....

From the Trees Family, Maricopa AZ

Monday, April 17, 2006

BUGS AND KISSES FOR TATE #56

This square just made my day!!!! I had the worst day and came home to find this in my mail.... It is from a Mother of one of my blogger and DTC February buds Shannon. The fabric was adorable and the wish was so appropriate with a personalized wish for Tate... It says from Elena's "Giggy"..... I am hoping that Shannon and her mother and my mother and I will all be traveling together to get Tate and Elena.....

Saturday, April 15, 2006

ASIAN CHILDREN #55

Totally Love this fabric.... So much so that I am hoping to find enough to make Tate a twin size quilt for her bed when she get her big girl bed.....


This is from the Rodgers Family from Bentonville, AR.... If I am reading this wish right they have adopted three other Chinese daughters and are waiting DTC January for their fourth. WHEW!!!! I really admire this....

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

WHIMSICAL LADY BUGS #54

These Lady Bugs just make me want to laugh out loud!!!!! Love that they are yellow, orange, and red.... so bright and cheery.... This is from the Mickelson Family from Fort Mohave, AZ...


Tuesday, April 11, 2006

FROM DOWN UNDER #52 AND 53

All the way from DOWN UNDER.... Australia!!
I have never had anything from Australia, so I was so thrill when my fellow blogger and DTC mate Lee-Anne send me these two squares!!! Foreign adoption is truly the love of a whole wide world that we live in.... As I have said before, We ARE JUST ONE BIG FAMILY!!!!
The Shone family from Brooklyn Park Australia who is waiting for Bella....

Monday, April 10, 2006

FROM NORWAY #51

From a Fellow Single Gal who is from my ancestorial homeland of NORWAY!!! I have had the pleasure of traveling to Norway many times and feel real connected Bente. Along with this bright cute butterfly and ladybug fabric came two of the most amazing and delicious CHOCOLATE in the WORLD..... NO KIDDING... the BEST!!!! Norwegian MILK CHOCOLATE!!! Thank You so much for this special treat, Bente!!!

FROM BENTE,WHO IS SINGLE AND FROM OSLO NORWAY!!!

Saturday, April 08, 2006

FROM JAPAN #50

All the Way from JAPAN!!!


This is from the Thornton Family who are station in the Military in JAPAN!!!

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

PINK LADYBUGS #49

UNIQUE WISH CARD....
This wish was personalized to both me and Tate..... I love the way the edge of the card is the fabric.... I have always admired the unique and cleverness of this fellow single adopting momma....

From Stephe Higgins, Newark Delaware, Jan DTCer who is waiting for
......... Giorgia Danette.

Monday, April 03, 2006

PAISLEY #48

Bright and Cute flowered paisley...
Love the way the bow matches the fabric and tied onto the card.


From the Crowell family, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Saturday, April 01, 2006

MESSAGES

First and formost, thank you for all the lovely quilt squares and especially the WISHES!!! As I am posting each and every square, I am reading the messages.... I am blown away with the wisdom and the messages that each wish has.... If I can incorperate just the jest of all the great thought provoking values in my life and into Tate's life, I will have served my mission as a mother and a member of this Planet....

Thank you again one and all!!!

Lisa

SNOWFLAKES #47

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. Zen saying...
Wishing Tate to live her life certain of her place in the world.


From the Riggs-Sanders Family, Claremont, NH. Jan DTC group. Waiting for Mei Mei.