I sure hope your quilt made lots of money, what a cool building as the cause!
As as for the quilt police, who says there is a right way or a wrong way to make something? After all it's your creative work (AND LOOKS AMAZING!) perhaps you wanted that part to be that way. It's not like she made the pattern, and even if she did it's your beautiful work. No one will ever know and whomever wins that quilt will be thrilled to have it for years to come!
I just love all those colors! What kind of machine did you make it on? It looks like the perfect cuddle quilt!