65ish Good wishes

As I mentioned, I am participating in Project Spectrum, and I am planning to do more sewing. Well, here is a project that has been packed away for . . . 4 years.

It is tradition, in northern China, to make a quilt of 100 good wishes for a new baby. This tradition has been taken up by adopting parents, often it helps pass the time waiting. My guess would be that more our made by adopting parents now than in China, but this of course, has no basis in fact.

So, I dutifully collected my squares, however, there you see them. I did make James two quilts before he came home, but I never finished collecting the 100 squares and wishes. I’m about 36 or so short (I’ve saved his shirts from his first teams to add in so my numbers are a bit approximate), but I think I’m 36 short.

If anyone would like to send one, or two, or 36 , I have my e-mail address under “About,” please e-mail me for the details. I plan to sew them up according to the Project Spectrum guidelines, however, feel free to send any colors at any time. I don’t plan to finish until the end of the year. It will be a 5 year anniversary gift (our 4th anniversary will be soon, and you will be hearing about it).

If you happen to know my address and are going to send them without asking, please make them at least 7″x7″ and include a small piece with the wish because I will make a book with the wishes, the pieces, and your names to go with the quilt.

I will finish it one way or the other, 36 or so wishes, worded differently, that all mean, “Listen to your mother.”