100 Blessings Quilt

100 Blessings Quilt

Some of you may remember and even contributed towards the 100 blessings quilt we did for Grace. It now hangs in her room and is gorgeous! We did receive our 100 quilt squares and it made into a beautiful King Size quilt! I can’t wait to one day tell her the story behind it and show her all the prayers from each of you!

With that said, we would like to bless Olivia with one as well. (In case you have somehow missed the news, yes Guy and I are going back to China and we are adopting another little girl. Grace will have a “big” sister. Olivia is 5 years old. For more on the story see our blog, dawnandguyfisher.blogspot.com). While we are waiting to bring her home, we are working on this project and we would be honored to have your help with it.

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"….what we are calling a “100 Blessings Quilt”. It is a custom to invite family and friends to contribute a square patch of cloth. The patches are sewn together into a quilt that contains blessings from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.If you would like to contribute to this project, we would love it! Here is what we would like you to do:
1. Choose ANY 100% cotton fabric that you like. It can be a design and color that you like or you think represents Olivia. It could be a bit of fabric that you've used to create something else wonderful for your family.
2. Cut one 8X8 square from the fabric for each child. Also, cut a scrap piece of that same fabric that you can attach to your blessing card for each child.
3. Include your "blessing note" and attach the scrap piece of fabric. Be as creative as you would like. It can be as simple as on a piece of paper, or you can make it like a scrap book card. On the card please write your blessing, prayer or word of encouragement you feel the Lord is leading you to speak to Olivia. We will place all your blessings in a scrapbook. One day when she is older we will share them with her.

Ideas for selecting fabric squares:
*Select a fabric that is meaningful to you.
*100% cotton fabric is best, as it washes and wears well.
*If there are several members in your family, please feel free to send more than 1 set of fabric per child. It would be so special to include blessings from all members of your family!! In China, these quilts were originally made from garments of family and friends, which would surround the child with blessings.

Ideas for blessings note:

Well... what would you pray for a child to have in his life? Keep in mind that they will read your note numerous times during their life.Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedules to help us create this very special keepsake. This is something that they will cherish for the rest of their lives.

Much Love,Dawn and Guy Fisher

We would like to have all the quilt squares by August 30. This way we can get them to the quilter before the holiday rush with Christmas she is always busy.

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For our address please email me privately at dawn.fisher13@yahoo.com and put Olivia 100 Blessings Quilt in the subject line.