I made a quilt to raffle in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care in the UK. I organised a tea party and as part of that the quilt was to be raffled, I sold a lot of tickets beforehand at 50p (about 75c) a ticket. I was thrilled to make £280 ( around $420). If I had auctioned it I would have been lucky to get the material costs. All in I made £800 (around $1200) for the charity. I think a raffle is always the way to go with raising funds from quilts.