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Old 02-22-2011, 01:27 AM
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jpthequilter
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Originally Posted by Hen3rietta
Thanks. I've always felt honoring commitments was more important but I still wonder whether the woman would have plopped down $500 on the spot if I had asked it, which is more than it would make as a raffle item. I've seen people do stranger things. My guess is that she thought I'd ask $50 or something. Considering my quilt output is about 2 a year and none are simple squares, I value my time.

Diana
We made three thousand dollars on a quilt we raffled that was not nearly that pretty....
Depends on the enthusiasm of the ticket sellers, I would guess.
For sure you did the right thing...but did you ask her if she would be willing to wait until you could make a nearly alike
in half a year or so?
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