Very nice! Congrat's!!! You did a very nice job.

wonderful work--great auction!! what a lovely way to contribute--it lets the volunteers know that they are "worth" the time and effort of those they protect. you get the blue ribbon--and a gold star! (and my admiration. it is a fantastic quilt!)

What a wonderful, generous gesture on your part - not to mention the work. Kudos to you for your contribution & the money it raised for a good cause.

Absolutely gorgeous. Your quilt was a very generous donation. How wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

Congrats on the donation! I like the art, very unique. They are lucky to have it.

Congrats - it is hot!

Ditto. BrendaK

You did a great job! I love it!

That is such a neat quilt and it's also so original. Bless you for doing this for charity. And thanks for sharing on this board.

I don't understand how the firehouses blocks came to be, do you mind explaining that? BTW beautiful job!

Very nice!

Congrats........... what a lovely gesture....

Well done - that's really awesome.

That is a great quilt. It feels wonderful to give back to one's community.

I went around & took LOTS of pics of all 6 fire co's. At home I picked the one I liked, & printed it in black & white. (Since I still didn't get my light box!!!!) I taped the pic to a window, taped the fabric on top & traced the outline
of the building...Then I used the 'crayon quilt block' tenique...use Crayola crayons, color in what I wanted, and heat set. Then I started to embroidery stitch "outline"...the buildings, etc. There's my block!! I just used 'Fireman' colors & designed around it...Actually the hardest part for me was ..paper piecing the maltese cross blocks!!! That's the only pattern I could find! & I was confused all the way to the last block!! Starting paper piecing is hard, the rest was OK..
I also did a pic of all my kids homes & used stick figures to put then & their pets in it, then framed it in an old frame from antique store...NOT QUITE like the samplers of days gone by...but a new updated version!! They loved them. I am presently not home, but next week , if you'd like to see that I could send a pic to you...Hvae FUN!!!

Well, I was happy with the money we did get, however , more is better!!! We live in a small rural town,and actually this event was for all areas in our school district, which included another small town. So that's why there are 6 volunteer fire co's represented. There were 514 items donated,( actually more, but most were made into baskets) the auction went 8 (long ! ) hours!!! Hopefully next year I could get 'double' the bid!! : )

Thank YOU! The corner blocks are paper pieced maltese crosses..the Firemans Cross. I believe a gentleman from Donaldson Fier Co won, so I am assuming he will display it there!

HI! I posted the 'answer' without your quote, read back a few!! Sorry! Have a GREAT DAY !

a job well done and for a good cause

Awesome quilt!! Congratulations :)

And I can see why it made the paper as "hot item"...very nice !

Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing, in more ways than one!

Worth every penny and more, good job!

That's awesome! Fantastic job! :)

Great Job! It is always nice when what you donate brings a nice $ amount.

What a great quilt and a wonderful idea, glad it brought in so much, must really make you proud