If you feel you must make a quilt for the auction, consider making it a lap quilt, rather than a full-sized one. A very easy, quick pattern is Warm Wishes. The fabric is what makes it either gorgeous or ho-hum.

I was going to suggest Warm Wishes (Google for pattern). You could make the focus blocks of something that pertains to the charity.

I agree with Warm Wishes, I agree with lap quilt size. I use fleece for a backing and make my final dimensions just under 60" wide and 72" long.

You could also go with something scrappy -- maybe check the Moda bakeshop website. People seemed to think scrappy means a lot more work and they are impressed by that, but if you keep the overall pattern simple, might not be too bad...

Good luck and keep us posted!

Wow just noticed that you live like 15-20 min away from me. I live in Perris. If you are interested I would love to help you out with this quilt and have tons of options for a pattern. Pm me if interested.

Consider something in red, white and blue, maybe based around a beautiful panel. One of the first quilts I made for an auction brought in quite a bit of money about 10 years ago. I used a pieced flag design center--sorry no pattern because I designed it with fabric no longer available. I think what sold it was hand quilting (red on white) the pledge of allegiance in the final border. Nowadays I would embroider it. It was wall quilt and bidding escalated to $250 if I remember right because several men wanted it for their offices. Remember that was years ago and quilts were going for less. I agree your daughter needs a talking to, but I'm glad she's proud of your work.

Since time is so short and you are unsure of yourself, why not buy a top on Ebay and put all of your efforts on the quilting part of it?

thank you everyone for your suggestions. I think the raffle idea is great, I will talk to the organizing committee on Sat and see what they think. What ever will bring in the most money is obviously the way to go. I am donating the fabric myself, so recouping my cost is not an issue