topper1

i try to do my quilts for each individual situation, weigh who gets it , how much work I am willing to do, what thread and what it costs, etc. I have heard give out of love==========so many people dont appreciate what we do. love it yourself.

butterflywing

most of the time, raffles do much better than auctions. people don't seem to mind shelling out between $1 - $5 at a time, but they hesitate to bid a lot.

bearisgray

If one is in love with the quilt, donate the cost of it to the charity and keep the quilt.

(Just my thought)

BellaBoo

My guild makes several raffle quilts a year. That's our main fundraiser. We have learned not to put a lot of work in to a raffle quilt. No hand quilting, no appliqué, no pieced borders. Most people buy a ticket because they like the colors in the quilt, no other reason. We do traditional patterns like log cabin and Pinwheel and a lot of scrappy quilts. Bright scrappy colors and Christmas fabrics sell the most tickets. We use members donated scrap fabric and buy a blender fabric to pull it altogether. One member is a LA and does simple quilting free for us. No one has a lot of time and very little expense in the quilt so if the sales are meager, we still make a profit.

Marjpf

I think most people go to an auction to try to get a "good deal" on the items and forget that it is all for charity.