Doreen

A lesson learned. Don't know why they would tell you the outcome.

Prism99

The only way I will donate a quilt is if it will be raffled and the group has a long time to sell raffle tickets (and maybe has a minimum goal of raffle tickets to sell). From what I have seen, silent auctions *rarely* recoup even the cost of materials.

Hinterland

That's too bad. Maybe next time you can donate a fat quarter bundle and let the cheerleaders make their own quilt.

Janet

feffertim

I think many people do not realize the cost of fabric or the time involved in making a quilt. So sorry you did all that work for nothing. I hope you can take a tax deduction for this and I agree, you should put a minimum bid on quilts

Lori S

Oh I would be really ... upset. I agree with those who said next time just give a cash donation and call it a day.

skydiver70

That's so sad, but you gave and blessed someone. It will be a blessing to someone else.

I know how you feel, my mother passed in 2009 and I donated some of her things. I kept her range even though it was older than mine. Mine was a very nice electric range. Last week,I donated it to a lady in our church who I found out was needing one. I have yet to have her or her family call and thank me. But I got the blessing of giving and would do it again if I could.

BellaBoo

I get asked to donate a quilt for silent auctions a lot. Many of my guild members get the same request and always the quilts seldom bring more then the cost of the thread! I would rather give the money that the quilt would cost me to make if it's a fundraiser I want to be a part of if not I simply say I don't want to.

bearisgray

I would donate the minimum dollar amount received for the quilts.

If that.

I may just give them a "blessings on your efforts" - and perhaps an explanation of why I feel that way.


I did notice at a fund-raiser that I attended - males seemed to be "in charge" during the auction - and that "womanly - needle-craft" hand-crafted items did not get the same attention as something made of wood or metal.

0tis

Another way you could turn this around - when you donate the quilt - you could write a little about the quilt and the process then add a retail price so people know that it is valuable if they purchased it directly. Everyone loves a bargain but if they get a $200 quilt for 150 then they still get a bargain and a quilt worth $200. Otherwise, quilts may not be the correct item for that audience - its like my college professors would say - when you give a presentation - make sure you know your audience - I think its the same in this case

Becka

It sounds like they don't have enough knowledge about the process to appreciate the effort that goes into a quilt, and that's sad. It also sounds like when she called to tell you how much it brought, she thought it was a good thing, a decent amount, which further indicates their ignorance (not meant in an insulting way, just their lack of knowledge).

I wonder how amenable the cheerleaders would be to sitting in on an afternoon or two of making their own quilt/s for their next auction, silent or otherwise. My Acteens (a teenaged girls group at church) are making a "matching game" quilt to auction for the Baptist Children's Home down south, and it has been quite the eye opener for them.