Sophie's 100 Good Wishes Scrapbook

I finished one half of Sophie's wish scrapbook. I wasn't intending to split it into two books, but fifty pages barley fits into one 12X12 scrapbook, so I had no choice. When I first decided to make a Hundred Good Wishes Quilt, I knew the scrapbook was going to be the easiest part for me, as I did not sew at the time and my intention was to have someone else put the quilt together. I was, however, a scrapbooker, so I was looking forward to this part. I had it in my head that I was going to keep the design very simple, so the beauty of each fabric could be the highlight of each page. I think I did manage to do that, but simple it is not. I started off by photocopying each and every piece of fabric. I know there is a small piece of fabric on each wish, but I wanted to really be able to see the wonderful fabrics that were sent. Then I cut two rectangles of Asian themed scrapbook paper that I bought in a stack of like twenty five sheets. I placed the fabric on the page diagonally, like a diamond shape and glued the rectangles in the corners as an accent. I was going to stop there, but I decided the white background was too stark, so I hand stamped some mini Chinese character stamps that I had found at Barnes and Noble. I tried to coordinate the colors of the rectangles and the ink color with the fabric. On the title page I cut out photocopied squares of the fabrics into squares and hearts, and pieced together a quilt of some of the fabrics that are in the book. I "stitched" around the squares and hearts with a black scrapbook marker. I think it turned out nicely. Only fifty more pages to go!

Finished

Well, almost. I worked on the quilt blog for a couple of hours today, and managed to re post all of the pictures. I even added the text for each wish, since they were hard to read in some of the pictures. I still have three or for wishes to post, so don't worry if you don't see yours there yet. I think I am up to about thirty-five or so. I'll know the exact number when I finish posting. I have to say, I will be a littler bit sad when I reach 100. I truly love going to the mailbox to see what wonderful squares and wishes I have received that day. It continues to be a gorgeous weekend here. The temps were in the high eighties. Actually, now that I think about it, how is it that I have yet to go outside today? I'm off to take a walk with Joe. At least now it'll be light for another hour or so.

Quilt Square Blog Updated

I have updated my 100 Good wishes quilt blog. Thank you so much to everyone that has sent me wishes in the last month. The fabrics are so beautiful and the wishes are neat. I have twenty-five squares now. One quarter of the way done. Sadly, none of my family has sent anything as of yet(*sniff*). I know we have plenty of time, but I'm afraid people will forget. I may have to send out postcard reminders in a few months! I signed up for another quilt swap, so I should be getting another 30 or 40 wishes from that. Here's a link to the quilt blog if you'd like to see the wishes I have received so far.