Originally Posted by deedum

A few years back I was asked to donate a quilt to a silent auction. My friend agreed to donate one small as well. So I got busy and made a nice block of the month oversized lap quilt. Quilted it myself, my friend sent hers to a longarmer.We donated both quilts, although it was a good turnout, people wanted stuff for nothing, highest bid on either quilt was $20. My dh seen this and he placed a high bid on both of them and bought them back for us. He was not going to let them go for pennies. He was so insulted, as he has seen how long it takes me to make one and seen the receipts as well. Learned a lesson there.