To Donate or not to Donate
#21
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: LA - Lower Alabama
Posts: 888
let's not even TALK about raffles (and bingo) here! LOL
yea, they call it a drawing when it's nothing less than a raffle - you sell tickets, you draw one ticket, that ticket wins - that's a raffle LOL
just don't let Bingo Bob hear about it...
yea, they call it a drawing when it's nothing less than a raffle - you sell tickets, you draw one ticket, that ticket wins - that's a raffle LOL
just don't let Bingo Bob hear about it...
#22
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Sturbridge, Ma
Posts: 3,992
Don't donate unless you are willing to see your work sell for pennies. Give to a cause that can make some money from it or as you have said give money directly to the organization.
I do this but make sure the project is easy. I jazz it up with interesting fabric and I don't even go to the event where it is sold so i don't know what it sold for.
I do this but make sure the project is easy. I jazz it up with interesting fabric and I don't even go to the event where it is sold so i don't know what it sold for.
#26
I think if I was to donate to an auction, I would put in a materials list. A list of the materials and cost of each item I used in the quilt. People who are not in the know do not know how to price. I would have no clue how to charge for homemade furniture. Some people seem to have enough knowledge based on something that happened eons ago, but not updated since.
#27
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New York City UWS
Posts: 4,222
I donate small quilts to Quilts for Kids. The photos on their website
shows that they are well loved by children in hospitals. It's been a great way to practice my skills and reduce my fabric stash. Perhaps you could insist on a minimum bid if you get involved in one of these events in the future.
shows that they are well loved by children in hospitals. It's been a great way to practice my skills and reduce my fabric stash. Perhaps you could insist on a minimum bid if you get involved in one of these events in the future.
#28
Yes I know what you mean - it's just so heartbreaking when that happens. Every Christmas I make a quilt for a local charity to ballot. I make it early enough that it can be around for a while before the draw. I must say I was delighted that last year's raised just over £350 - (about $500). Definitely the ballots bring in more than an auction. Other than that, I agree with the others who say just donate the $30 and give the quilt to a worthy cause.
#29
Yes, that happened to me too. I donated a wallhanging to the elementary school for a silent auction. It was a flower basket in shades of pink and blue. It went for $25! One bid. The woman who purchased it called me to apologize for how little it brought because she knew it was worth so more. I don't do that anymore - I'd rather have donated the $25 and have my quilt! I made a very intricate pink ribbon bargello for class and everyone keeps telling me to donate it! HA! I'd be happy to have people use it as a display for pink ribbon events, but I'm not giving it up this time!
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