Sewing Blessing

Combining traditional Chinese culture with the "patchwork garment"
Touching works depicting family affection and inheritance

Life is always full of uncertainties and regrets.
How to collect the clues of "love" scattered throughout the corridor of time?
Sewed together to form a life blessing passed down through generations?

The girl has a unique "patchwork garment".
That was a floral fabric that Mom had collected from the neighbors.
The precious sentiments sewn together.

When life encounters accidents, separations, and growth...
Things inevitably change and people change.
But the patchwork garment's brightly colored floral fabric,
It will carry a sentiment that will never fade.
They made one wish after another for the future.

Features of this book

◆ Combining traditional folk customs with touching stories, leaving a "heartfelt" imprint on Taiwanese culture.
◆ A colorful "floral print picture book" with familiar colors that evoke a sense of everyday life.
◆ The words and images are as delicate and warm as if they were sewn by hand, and every stroke is full of heart.
◆ What is a "patchwork garment"? Let Teacher Su-yi tell you in detail after the story!

Warmly recommended

Clothes are never just something to cover the body; they are a condensation of emotions and a medium for passing on blessings.

When I was little, I also had a patchwork garment made by my mother. Before the Lunar New Year, under the cold lamplight, my mother would sit on the sewing machine, piecing together pieces of floral fabric to make a little jacket for me. At that time, I was like a middle school student in a book, proud and arrogant, and ignorant of social etiquette, unaware of how precious this garment was.

Years later, seeing this book warmed my heart; it turns out there are still people who cherish and remember it.
I hope more children will understand this book and cherish the warmth in their hearts. — Ho Chao-hua, Dean of the College of Textiles and Clothing, Fu Jen Catholic University

About the Author

Chen Su-yi / Author

A native of Hsinchu, Taiwan, she graduated from the Graduate Institute of Children's Literature at National Taitung University. After her first fairy tale, "Pure's New Clothes," was published in the Mandarin Daily News in 1987, she began her dedicated work in children's literature. Her works encompass various genres, including juvenile novels, fairy tales, and children's essays. She has received numerous awards, including the Mandarin Daily News Children's Literature Shepherd's Flute Award, the Jiuge Modern Children's Literature Award, the Chen Guozheng Children's Literature Award, the First Prize in the Cross-Strait Novella Competition for Juveniles, the Jiuge Annual Fairy Tale Award, and the Little October Literature Award. She has been repeatedly recommended as a "Good Book for Everyone" by the annual reading program, and her book "The Persimmon-Colored Streetlight" won the Golden Tripod Award, while "No Fins" received a Golden Tripod Award recommendation.

Illustrator: Tseng Hsiang-ling

Currently working as an illustrator/visual designer. Without limiting her own style, her works are filled with a delicate yet anxious texture. She excels at capturing the most subtle emotional flows in a space through her images, quiet yet powerful, attempting to engage in dialogue with the world through the warmth of pen and paper.

It has won awards such as the Italian A'Design Award for Visual Communication Design, the German Red Dot Design Award for Communication Design, the Taiwan Golden Pin Design Award for Best Design, and the JIA Illustration Award 2024 Bronze Award.