I agree that raffles are better unless you can get a lot of quilts to auction. We did a school theme quilt (queen sized) and so far have sold more than 3,000 $1.00 tickets. By school theme, I mean the high school is purple and white and the mascot Indians. We used a block of multiple types of 6 inch blocks and substituted in focal point block also in the school theme. Will try to get a picture to post. Of course, this district is wild about football so we have a good market. It took about 3 or 4 months to construct but we included embroidery and machine quilting.