Pumpkin's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Quilt Square # 68

2007-06-09T12:40:00.000-04:00

This SUPER SPECIAL square deserves 2 pictures. This square is from Leslie. Leslie is a friends of Mark's Jenn. I have never met her, but hope to one day. I am so IMPRESSED by the stitching of the pumpkin on the square that she sent. I cried when I opened it. A person whom I haven't met would take that much time and care to stitch a beautiful pumpkin for our Pumpkin on a square. I think we have just found the centre of the quilt!

Thank you soooo much Leslie for the FANTASTIC square. It is beautiful - as are you.

Quilt Square # 67

2007-06-09T11:53:00.001-04:00

This funky square comes from the Fischer family in Texas! The Fischers are part of our DTC group also!

Thank you so much for being a part of Pumpkin's quilt.

Quilt Square # 66

2007-06-09T11:51:00.000-04:00

This pretty ladybug fabric comes to us from Chicago! Ann, Kevin & Jenna. They too are in our DTC group.

Thank you very much for the ladybug square.

Quilt Square # 65

2007-06-09T11:48:00.000-04:00

This KOALA square is all the way from Australia and the Smith family. The Smith family are in our DTC group.

Thank you so much! I must say that our 'post person' is good as the envelope only had our street name on it!

Thanks for the wonderful square.

Quilt Square # 64

2007-06-09T11:45:00.000-04:00

This wonderfully bright square comes from Sylvie & Michel in Nova Scotia.

I just LOVE the pin wheels on it!

Thank you very much for the beautiful piece.

Quilt Square # 63

2007-06-09T11:43:00.001-04:00

This funky 'bag' square come from fellow blogger Tracy and family in Florida.

Thank you very much Tracy for the wonderful Square.

Quilt Square # 62

2007-06-09T11:40:00.000-04:00

The very cool square comes from the Elsmo family in Virginia. The Elsmo family are part of our DTC groups also.

Thanks to the Elsmo family - We LOVE the square.

Quilt Square # 61

2007-06-09T11:29:00.000-04:00

This pretty square comes from Sara. Sara is in my DTC group and has a very close LID to us.

Thank you Sara for the 'squish'.

Quilt Square # 60

2007-06-09T11:26:00.001-04:00

Quilt Square # 60 comes from our friend Catherine.

Thank you very much Catherine for this very pretty square and wish.

Quilt Square # 59

2007-05-05T13:13:00.000-04:00

This great ladybug square comes to us from the Wilkerson Family. This family is also part of our DTC Yahoo group.

Quilt Square # 58

2007-05-05T13:09:00.000-04:00

I LOVE this square!! It is just wonderful.

Thank you so much to the Perkins family in Ohio for sharing this with us.

Quilt Square # 57

2007-05-05T13:03:00.000-04:00

This very pretty ladybug square comes from the Hurtgen family in Colorado! They too are part of our DTC group.

Thank you so much for contributing to our quilt.

Quilt Square # 56

2007-05-05T13:00:00.000-04:00

The 'American' square comes to us from the Browns in Alabama!

Thank you for the wonderful square.

Quilt Square # 55

2007-05-05T12:57:00.000-04:00

How pretty is this square fro Valerie. Valerie is part of our October DTC group.

Thanks you for the pretty square.

Quilt Square # 54

2007-05-05T12:54:00.000-04:00

This pretty square comes to us from the Jones' in Kentucky!

Very nice - thanks!

Quilt Square # 53

2007-05-05T12:50:00.000-04:00

This funky square comes to us from the Bokoles family. They too are part of a Yahoo group that we belong to.

Thank you for contributing to our quilt.

Quilt Square # 52

2007-05-05T12:47:00.000-04:00

This pretty in purple square is from Julie in Maryland! Julie is in on of my Yahoo groups.

Thanks so much Julie for the square.

Quilt Square # 51

2007-05-05T12:45:00.000-04:00

This nice square is from Pumpkin's Nanna & Opa (Mark's parents).

Thank you so much for sharing in Pumpkin's quilt. She will be lucky to have such great grandparents!

Quilt Square # 50 (REPEATED)

2007-05-05T12:37:00.000-04:00

Well it seems like I made an error...I know, I know you are all shocked, but it is true...Mary Dale - contributor of this square pointed it out that I missed number 48 **gasp** I would've only had 99 squares. Thank you Mary Dale for actually READING the quilt numbers (you are the only one who has pointed it out to us).

Thank you also for the VERY cool panda square and wish.

Quilt Square # 50

2007-04-04T16:27:00.000-04:00

Quilt Square # 50 - WE ARE HALF WAY THERE!! This momentous square comes from (Pumpkin's) Auntie Tracey!

Thanks so much Tray for the GREAT wish and the beautiful square! Pumpkin is going to be a lucky little girl to have such a great Aunt!

Quilt Square # 49

2007-04-04T16:20:00.000-04:00

Quilt Square # 49 is from Kentucky - from fellow blogger Stacy.

Thank you so much Stacy for this 'happy' square!!

Quilt Square # 47

2007-04-04T16:16:00.000-04:00

This wonderful 'Rainbow' square came from Liz - a fellow blogger! There was a bonus in the envelope too...come ladybug clips and a charm!!

Thank you so much Liz for the GREAT square, wish and gifts!

Quilt Square # 46

2007-04-04T16:11:00.000-04:00

This beautiful square # 46 comes from the Clutter family in Waunakee Wisconson!!

They too are part of our DTC group! Thnak you so much Clutter family for the great square.

Quilt Square # 45

2007-04-04T16:07:00.000-04:00

Quilt Square # 45 comes to us from the Zekich Family. They are part of our DTC group.

Thank you so much for the lovely square.

Quilt Square # 44

2007-03-18T12:38:00.000-04:00

The wonderful square and beautiful wish comes from our great friends the Huang Family! This fabric came from one of the receiving blankets that they brought both their children home from the hospital in!

Thank you so much for sharing this with us for Pumpkin!

Quilt Square # 43

2007-03-18T12:34:00.000-04:00

This cute square comes from 'D'. She is one of our "Mommies in Waiting" and she is expecting her referral SOON!!

Thank you so much 'D' for the cute square.

Quilt Square # 42

2007-03-18T12:28:00.000-04:00

This square comes to us from the Sergi family in NY. We 'met' online and have exchanged squares.

Thank you so much for the great square.

Quilt Square # 41

2007-03-18T12:23:00.000-04:00

This is another square from the Allsups in Illinois. They are part of our Yahoo Group too!

Thank you so much for both of the squares.

Quilt Square # 40

2007-03-18T11:22:00.000-04:00

This pretty square comes to us from Colorado. It is from Ashley & Mike and their kids. They are from one of my Yahoo Groups!

Thank you for the square.

Quilt Square # 39

2007-02-28T16:58:00.000-05:00

This great Asian themed square and wish is from the Perry Family.

Thank you so much for the great square!

Quilt Square # 38

2007-02-28T16:51:00.000-05:00

This "Circus" themed square came from the Hurtgen Family in Colorado!

They are from my DTC group too!

Thank you so much for square 38!

Quilt Square # 37

2007-02-25T11:27:00.000-05:00

This very 'Canadian' square is from Tracey and her family in Kincardine. They are part of our Yahoo group and fellow bloggers.

Thank you so much Tracey for the great square and the great wish!

Quilt Square # 36

2007-02-25T11:23:00.000-05:00

This great square came from the Gibbens Family in Arizona. They too are in our Yahoo group. There was a little note attached saying that this would be a reminder of the all the laundry that we are going to experience!

Thank you Gibbens family for the the wonderful square and wish!

Quilt Square # 35

2007-02-25T11:18:00.000-05:00

This pretty square is from the Elsmo Family in Virginia. They too are part of our Yahoo group.

Thank you so much for the pretty square and lovely wish!

Quilt Square # 34

2007-02-25T11:13:00.000-05:00

Square 34 is brought to us by the Eubank/Armstrong family in Virginia. They are also part of our Yahoo group.

Thanks so much for the funky fabric and the wonderful wish!

Quilt Square # 33

2007-02-25T11:06:00.000-05:00

This great square comes from the Ballard Family of Georgia. I don't know if you can see, but it says FOREVER FAMILY in Chinese characters.

They too are part of our Yahoo DTC group and we thank you for the beautiful wish and square!

Quilt Square # 32

2007-02-25T11:02:00.000-05:00

This great 'girlie' square is from the Deason Family - they too are a part of our Yahoo DTC group!

Thank you so much for the lovely square and the wonderful wish!

Quilt Square # 31

2007-02-25T10:56:00.000-05:00

This 'quilt square' square was sent to us by the Askew Family. They too are part of our DTC group.

Thank you so much for the square that looks like a quilt square within a quilt square - and for the lovely wish too!

Quilt Square # 30

2007-02-25T10:51:00.000-05:00

This fabulous square comes from the Moseman family. They too are from my Yahoo DTC group!

This wish got a bit wet in the mail so it is hard to read, but you can figure out the words when you do read it.

Thanks so much Moseman family for the square and the wish!

Quilt Square # 29

2007-02-25T10:46:00.000-05:00

This ladybug fabric is from the Kasper family in Minnesota. They are from our Yahoo DTC group.

Thank you so much for the wonderful square and the great wish!

Quilt Square # 28

2007-02-25T10:40:00.000-05:00

This square is from Shyla - she is the daughter of Lorri and Steve. This is a piece of fabric from Shyla's first dance costume!

Thank you so much Shyla for the wonderful square - I know Pumpkin will have lots of fun with you when she meets you.

Quilt Square # 27

2007-02-25T10:34:00.000-05:00

This "lucky" square is from Ryley - son of Lorri and Steve. Apparently #14 is a lucky number for Ryley and he wanted to share one of his baseball jerseys with the number 14 on it!!

Thanks so much Ryley for the "lucky" square!

Quilt Square # 26

2007-02-25T10:29:00.000-05:00

This great square comes from Lorri and Steve in Oshawa. Lorri and I were also roommates in university. This is a square from her son's first receiving blanket. How wonderful!!

Thank you so much for the great square and wish!!

Quilt Square # 25

2007-02-25T10:23:00.000-05:00

This great square is from Dianne's daughter Jordyn. Jordyn even glued on the swatch all by herself!!

Thank you so much Jordyn for the beautiful square - Tinkerbell is great! I know Pumpkin will love it and she will be so excited to meet you!

Quilt Square # 24

2007-02-25T10:18:00.000-05:00

This wonderful quilt square is from my dear friend Dianne. Di lives in Calgary so we don't see each other nearly as often as we would like. We were roommates in university and drove across the country together!

This photo does not do the square justice.

Thank you Di for the wonderful square and the beautiful wish that goes along with it!

Quilt Square # 23

2007-02-09T20:42:00.000-05:00

This square of butterflies and ladybugs is from the Silvers Family in MO. The Silvers Family is in our DTC group also.

Thanks you so mcuh for the great square!

Quilt Square # 22

2007-02-09T20:38:00.000-05:00

How COOL is this fabric!! This square comes from the Higgs family in Ontario. The Higgs family is also in our DTC group!

I LOVE this square (and the envelope). Thank you so much!

Quilt Square # 21

2007-02-09T20:34:00.000-05:00

This Asian inspired square is from the Anderson family in Florida. They are in my DTC group. Their LID is close to ours so we might end up being in China at the same time!

Thank you Anderson family for the great square!

Quilt Square # 20

2007-02-09T20:29:00.000-05:00

This very pretty square comes from a fellow blogger - C.J.!

I don't know if you can see in the picture, but there are dragonfly 'cut outs' in the wish!

Thank you so much for the GREAT square and the lovely wish!

Quilt Square # 19

2007-02-09T20:24:00.000-05:00

This cute square comes from a member of my DTC group - Cindy & Dean James. It is lovely with the animals on it and the wish (and envelope) were lovely too!

Thank you so much for the square!

Quilt Square # 18

2007-01-28T19:57:00.000-05:00

This wonderful Paddington Bear Square and wish is from Roberta, Chris and Clare. Paddington Bear is very special to their family and I am touched that they are sharing Paddington with us.

Thank you Roberta, Chris and Clare for this fantastic square and wish!

Quilt Square # 17

2007-01-27T08:51:00.000-05:00

This Chinese inspired square and wish comes from the LeMasters Family in Ohio. The LeMasters family is in my DTC group.

Their wish for Pumpkin is that everyone leaves a mark on a child's life!

Thank you so much for the great square and lovely wish.

Quilt Square # 16

2007-01-27T08:43:00.000-05:00

This lovely bold red square and wish comes from Anne Marie. Her wish for Pumpkin is that you don't have any regrets in life. That sounds good to me!

Thank you Anne Marie for the wonderful 'squish'.

Quilt Square # 15

2007-01-22T17:27:00.000-05:00

Quilt Square #15 comes from the lovely Jill & Jaap & Adriana (the organizer of Waiting Mommies Dinners # 1 & 2). It is so cute with the ladybugs and butterflies on it!!

Thank you so much for the beautiful square!!

Quilt Square # 14

2007-01-22T17:23:00.000-05:00

This lovely quilt square comes from the Stevens Family in New York. They too are from our DTC group!!

Thank goodness for DTC groups as they are a GREAT way to collect squares!

Thank you again Stevens family.

Quilt Square # 13

2007-01-22T17:10:00.000-05:00

This authentic square comes all the way from HOLLAND!! This is from the Rombach family who again are in our DTC group!

Thank you so much for the lovely square!

Quilt Square # 12

2007-01-22T17:05:00.000-05:00

I can't believe we are already at 12 - well actually more, I just haven't posted them all yet...

This GREAT piece comes from the Allsup family in Illinois! They are part of our DTC group! I just love this one!

Thank you so much!

Quilt Square # 11

2007-01-13T17:53:00.000-05:00

Quilt Square # 11 is from Jenn (Mark's Jenn). It is part of a baby blanket. It is very cute!! The wish is on orange paper and has pumpkins on it!!

Thank you so much "Auntie" Jenn for the very special quilt square!!

Quilt Square # 10

2007-01-13T17:46:00.000-05:00

Mark and I received Quilt Square # 10. This is our first quilt square from someone that we don't know - How Cool!!!

This square is from the Nagowski Family in New York. Kim sent me an e-mail asking if I wanted to swap squares. I had to figure out how Kim got my e-mail address and I did - from one of the Yahoo groups that I belong to.

The pictures does not do the square justice. There are little 'shiny' circles all over the square, but they don't show in the photo.

Thank you so much Nagowski family for the beautiful square.

Quilt Square # 9

2007-01-08T19:17:00.000-05:00

On our 1 month LID anniversary, Dolores & Shawn and Mark & I went out for brunch.

While there, Dolores gave us our 9th quilt square!! It is beautiful with the ladybugs on it - it is kinda like fleece too!!

Dolores and Shawn will be our travel mates and our daughter will be from the same SWI!! This is a special square indeed!!

Thank you so much Dolores for the beautiful wish and the wonderful square!!

Quilt Squares # 3 to # 8

2006-12-27T16:15:00.000-05:00

Mark and I were lucky enough to receive more quilt squares for Pumpkin's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Here is square # 3 from Jen (my Jen) - the wish is to follow.
Square #4 is also from "my" Jen - the picture does not do this square justice. The square is covered with little silver stars.
Square #5 is again from "my" Jen - did I mention that Jen has made quilts in the past...and will again in the future!!!
Square #6 is from "my" Jen. I thank you SO much for the 4 lovely squares - they are much appreciated.
Square #7 is from our nephew Logan. There is a picture of his hand and he signed his name to the wish. This fabric is from Logan favourite shirt! Logans wish is that his cousin Pumpkin has happiness always. Thank you so much Logan for our square. Your cousin will be very thankful for your wish and your square.
And square #8 is from our niece Saige. She wishes her cousin Pumpkin - lots of hugs and kisses!! She 'signed' her name to wish too! Thank you Saige.

Quilt Square # 2

2006-12-22T18:36:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was another GREAT day!! We received - on Pumpkin's behalf - our 2nd quilt square!!!

This square came from Kathy and Joel. As you can see from the picture, it is covered in maple leafs!!! It is GREAT and very 'Canadian'!!

Kathy and Joel sent a beautiful story about never underestimating the difference you can make in our world.

Kathy and Joel - thank you so much for the square and the wonderful wishes for Pumpkin - your thoughtfullness is greatly appreciated!!

Both Mark and I are excited about this quilt project. What a fantastic way for Pumpkin to be welcomed to her 'Forever Family' with all these good wishes from family and friends.

Quilt Square # 1

2006-12-22T18:35:00.000-05:00

WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST QUILT SQUARE!!!

We were so excited yesterday when we checked our mail and there was an envelope with a quilt square and a wish!! The square and wish was from
Doris & Dan

Thank you so much. Our little "Pumpkin" is very lucky to have her first square and wish from someone her parents have met and who they think are such a LOVELY couple!!

As you can see I have posted a picture here. For those of you who were asking for clarification about the directions, I hope this picture will help in what I was trying to explain. I will post the frist few squares here, but I am sure that us receiving squares is far more exciting to us then it is to you. After the first few squares, we will post the squares - as we receive them - on our 'quilt site' here and on the Pumpkins 100 Good Wishes Quilt link on the left bar.

A BIG thanks to Doris and Dan for you thoughtfulness!!

Lets get this quilt started!

2006-12-13T22:12:00.000-05:00

Well it is time to get started on the 100 Good Wishes Quilt for ‘Pumpkin’. We have created a blog especially for 'Pumpkins' quilt. You can access it here or through our link on the sidebar.

I am taking these instructions and explanations from Dolores who got them from Kathy. I hope you ladies don’t mind me borrowing your explanations as you did such a good job at explaining everything.

What is a 100 Good Wishes Quilt? 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." It is a custom to invite 100 people to contribute a single square patch of cloth. The 100 patches are sewn together into a quilt that contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.

This is what is typically done:

1. Choose ANY 100% cotton fabric that you like. It can be from your own clothing or from a fabric store. It just needs to be a design and colour that appeals to you in some way.

2. Cut ONE 8" (pre - washed) square from the fabric.

3. On a piece of cardstock, affix a swatch of the fabric you chose and write/type a wish that you are sending for our daughter. Sign your name and where you are from and drop it in the mail or deliver it to us in person.

Ideas for selecting fabric squares:

*Select a fabric that is meaningful to you.
*100% cotton fabric is best, as it washes and wears better.
*If there are several members in your family, feel free to send more than 1 set of scraps.

It would be so special to include good wishes 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 luck/good wishes.

Ideas for good wishes note:

The possibilities are endless! Think about what it is that you want for this child (i.e., a great sense of humor, good judgment, strong faith, a spirit of independence etc.). You can also choose to send along a prayer, a poem, or lyrics to a song that has touched you in some way. When our daughter is old enough to understand the concept of the Quilt, she will be amazed by all the love that surrounded her as she breathed life into our family.

It is critical that the note has a portion of the fabric affixed to it so that we can identify (through the years) which piece of fabric came from whom. All the notes will be kept for our daughter so that she may keep all the good wishes close to her heart.

We too will be approaching friends and family to ask them to help us out with the quilt. If you are interested in sending us a square or doing a square swap, e-mail us privately and we will send you our address.

We are so excited about this new project. Thanks for participating!!

Pumpkin's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

2006-11-30T21:42:00.000-05:00

This is where Mark and I will post Pumpkin's 100 Good Wishes Quilt squares that we receive for her.

Stay tuned for updates!!!