This custom comes from Northern China- called “Bai Jia Bei” to celebrate a new life in a family.  Family and friends all send fabric, with which to make a quilt, knowing that it was made with the love and good wishes of family.

We are inviting our family and friends to contribute a square or two of fabric, along with a separate good wish, prayer, Psalm, etc. for our child, written on a small card or piece of paper, and another scrap of the material attached.  The fabric squares will be made into a quilt, and the wishes will be made into a scrapbook for our daughter to enjoy when she is older, matching the wishes with the fabrics in her quilt.

Each square needs to be a minimum of 5”x5”. The material should be cotton fabric, pre- washed, either print or solid… you choose. It can be a new piece of fabric or a used one that might have special meaning.