I'm with Watson, make a quilt you like. It's so hard working on something that is not your style. If I were making a raffle quilt, I would go with a scrappy batik. But that's my style. You could also see what's in your local quilt store. I know when shop hopping, there are some areas that have almost no batiks but lots of civil war era fabrics. Here in Florida, it's water colors. I would go with a throw size. When it gets into bed size quilts, suddenly you have to match someone's bedroom. A throw can be put anywhere.