Your quilt is beautiful and should have brought much more. This is exactly the reason why I won't donate quilts to silent auctions. I send $ to those that I wish to assist or I send things like an apron (which I stitch) and a cookbook or a home crafted child's Hallowe'en costume. I've seen the costumes sell for more than the quilt and they were made of poly/cotton and were stitched in an afternoon!