This last spring I wanted to donate a quilt to my grand daughter school auction....Since the grammer school is in a beach community, I wanted something beachy and youthful. Search and purchased a cute pattern (first expense) , called Under the Sea....Then had to go purchase batik fabrics for the sand and ocean and fish (big expense). Spent hours and hours on all the applique work of the fish and bubbles and etc.....Finished quilt sent to my son (another expense) who took it to the school. They valued it at $500, bidding to start at $50 with $100 increases...guess what no one bid !!!!....my son ended up buying it at the dinner/silent auction at the end of the event....Will never ever do that again....
Next time will only donate money....would rather give my quilts to charity than go thru that again