Thank you all for the nice comments!!
As soon as I can (I'm trying to head out the door to go work on a customer's quilt!), I'll put some instructions and a materials list on my blog. I didn't make up this technique on my own, I learned it at a demo at guild. I'll also try to find out a contact for those of you who want tickets.
The kids' school's alumni association uses the funds to provide scholarships to school graduates. Here's a link to last years quilt:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-11584-1.htm . This group works really hard to sell tickets. I LOVE it when a quilt brings in it's value, plus, and this group does that!