Amelia's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Happy New Year!!! Tomorrow, February 18 th , starts the beginning of the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. The Chinese New Year is based on the Lunar Calendar. The celebration lasts for two weeks with events every day....tonight is New Years Eve and all families gather together for a Celebration Dinner! I have seven wishes to post today. Totals after today are: 97 Families, 129 Fabric Squares and 128 Wishes. Enjoy.... The Gorlewski Family in Batavia , Illinois. Lisa is a member of the Ladybugs Group. Wishes from the August Lucky Eights.....August Yahoo Group.... Beach Wishes from the Blackburns from Canton, Michigan A wish from Chris and Jo Brabham in Avon, Conneticut A wish from the George's....the September Yahoo Group.... From The Peterson Family in Massillon, Ohio. I love the flower on the wish, it's beautiful! More Asian Fabric Swappers..... Another wish from the LaValla Family in Belle Chasse , Louisiana (YUM!)) From the Nagowski Family in Lancaster, New Yor...

Today there was one lonely wish from the Shield family in Everett, Washington. They are a part of the September Yahoo Group. Today's totals after recounting all of them: 122 squares, 121 wishes from 93 families, a little different than the previous count ;-)

Today, I received five wishes from four families. That brings the total to 120 squares, 119 wishes from 92 families. I don't believe that I will get anything tomorrow since we are expecting some weather....mostly freezing rain... YULK ! Enjoy.... Asian fabric from the Smith's in Oregon. We've swapped in another swap too. An Asian fabric and beautiful Panda Bear wish from the McMillians in Elk Grove, California The Noonan family from Crofton , Maryland sent two wishes since they are collecting for two quilts. These wishes are from the " OHGW " Swap that I am in. Another wish from the Noonans '.... This wish is from the Harter family in Fishers, Indiana. They are in the September Yahoo Group. The wings on the ladybug move in and out so you can see the fabric. This is so very creative. I just love it!

I have received five more wishes from four families, two of which are "new families". This brings the magic number of "Families" to 89....almost there. I still need to collect wishes from three swaps and I have one swap to mail out. I bought the vellum today for the wish. I should be able to finish it tonight. After this posting, I will have 115 fabric squares with 114 wishes! Enjoy..... Asian wishes from.....Jeff & Kimberly Shelton in Albuquerque, New Mexico Another Asian Wish from Don and Kathy Powers in Macomb Illinois.... A wish from the Spamers in the August Yahoo Group. The Spamers are from Dallas. Two wishes from Shane and Malia Parnell. They are in the August and September Yahoo Groups. Love these bold fabrics.

I have four more fabric squares and wishes to share with everyone.... They are just as beautiful as all the others. Retro Dots from Jocelyn Firth in Canada and the September 2006 DTC Group. Jocelyn has a " Lifebook " blog, www.myjiangixgirl.com . She has " Lifebooks in a Box" club for those of us that want to start our children's lifebooks before we get them home. I can't wait to see the first set of pages that she is currently working on. Thanks Joceyln More from the Ladybugs....Jami Butler in Thomasville , Georgia Beautiful Dots from Michael and Margaret George in Folden Mississippi From the Asian Swap - The Lozorarts Family in Falmouth , Maine This brings the total to: 110 Fabric squares, 109 Wishes from 87 different families. Blessings, Kim

A little bit about this swap....this is sort of an individual swap with a Yahoo group that I belong to that is strictly Christians. We are called "The Ladybug and Red Thread Believers". This group came about because the larger Yahoo Groups that generally has memberships from all over the world did not want any type of reference to talk about religion, prayer requests, beliefs etc. In my opinion, as long as a message indicates that the body of the message mentions "God", people should be o.k. with that. But that's not the case with some groups. So this group is a supportive bunch of families with the same beliefs and values that lift each other up and support each other through the adoption process. I belonged to a similar group while waiting for Elise~but it was infact the BIG yahoo group with over 200 members from all over. That group is still in tact two years later (although the active members are around 25) and the common thread that we all share is our reli...

This is a new swap with a new quilt group. As you have probably read on my other blog, there are some people involved in international adoption that want nothing to do with religion and they don't want anyone with any type of religious beliefs to send a wish that has a religious tone. The large Quilt Swap group that most people participate in to get their 100 squares and wishes, has now banned using any kind of bible verse on any wish that you send to people in the group. The only way around this is if you organize the swap and specifically state that religious references can be made. So, there has been another Quilt Group started that allows the freedom to use any type of wish you choose including bible verses. The group is small, but I'm sure it will grow. The following squishes are from that group. I just wish there was a little more tolerance in this world on both sides of this debate Pink Flamingos from the LaRosas in Melbourne Beach, Florida This wish from The Dudley ...

Lots and lots of squishes from the families in the August 2006 Lucky Eight's Yahoo Group. Enjoy the fabrics and wishes.....I have! Cool fabric and wish from Kelly & Mike Wilson in Atlantic Beach Florida A wish from the Westbergs in Gladstone, Oregon.... A second wish from the Westbergs The Tuffner Family from Oswego , Illinois More beautiful fabric from Sarah Swanson in Maryland It is such pretty fabric. I love the Asian women. It's from the Satler Family in Richmond, Kentucky The Rodriguez family in Longueuil Quebec, Canada Tim & Nicole Martin from Batavia , New York This retro fabric is AWESOME...I love it! It's from the Mannos Family in Hannesville , Illinois This is my FAVORITE material in the WORLD....I just love it. It's from The Kalkwarf Family in Wilber , Nebraska. Jenny & Kris Henrikson from Lombard, Illinois The Goings Family from Blacklick , Ohio The Fritz Family from Florissant , Missouri Norman and Cheryl Godin from Salem,W...