Here's a picture of the quilt, using the 12" blocks. It measures 96"x114".
You can chop off a row and column (including the sashing) if you want - which would reduce the size to 78"x98".
That might be big enough for an auction - after all, you can't know how or for what people are going to use it.
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Sometimes a large throw size will be more used than a ginormous bed sized quilt - it sort of puts the expectation out there that the winners are going to redecorate their bedroom around this quilt.
Although, if it's a bunch of serious rodeo devotees, who knows what their bedrooms already look like? ;-)
EQ (Electric Quilt software) is sometimes funny when calculating yardage, but I did a back of the envelope check and was pretty close.
Fabric requirements for the above quilt layout using 12" large blocks- (don't have a heart attack, but it's a lot of fabric).
FOCUS fabric = 5.5 yards
STRIPS = 1-3/4 yards of each of the three fabrics.
Another option for choosing fabrics is to buy online - you'll get a much better selection that you'd get in any one store (except those LQS's with 5000+ bolts).
Go here:
http://www.quiltshops.com/ (over 250 online shops) and search on "cowboys" and "rodeo" and you'll get plenty of results.
Here's equilter.com's cowboy related fabric:
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc...20112122182.d2
Most should list the scale in the description -
boots are 3" tall etc. so you can get an idea of how they'd fit in a block.
If you need help finding the coordinating strip fabrics, call the store to see what they have in stock and recommend.
My feeling is if they are charging LQS prices, they can certainly offer LQS help.
Hope this helps.