2020-2-5 · Depending on the region, a hope chest could also have an even more specific tradition behind it. According to Thos. K. Woodard and Blanche Greenstein's 2013 Classic Crib Quilts and How to Make Them, there was a custom in which a child would prepare a dozen quilt tops for her hope chest, with the thirteenth top being called a "bridal quilt." Once she became engaged, there was then a party in .