The Year of the Dragon began a few moments ago. New Year is the longest and most important of Chinese holidays. It begins with a family feast on the eve of the new year and ends with a lantern festival fifteen days later. This is a time to thoroughly clean your house to sweep away any bad luck and to make room for the good fortune the new year may bring. It’s a time to pay your debts, to reconcile any differences you have with family members or neighbors, to forgive any grudges you may be holding and to offer sincere wishes for peace and happiness to everyone. This is also a time to dress in red and to decorate your house with red lanterns and red banners. This sampler is a friendship quilt, made with blocks my Harrogate quilting friends pieced. I hope to have it quilted and bound in time to display it next Chinese New Year.
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