Take PETTHEFABRIC's advice. Choose a simple design, buy all the fabric (unless your doing a scrapy), some cut, some sew, some lay the finished blocks, some put them together, and then quilt. It seems the like the simple designs and the basic colors do the best in raffle quilts. Like Yarn or Fabric said about the 1/4" seam is sooooooo true, its not that they don't believe in the 1/4" seam, they just can't seem to stay in the line. LOL