advice needed on making a quilt for auction
02-16-2012, 11:19 AM
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I have hosted a community quilt show for over 8 years. It's all viewer's choice awards. Every winner has been quilts with a theme. Either sports, wildlife, pets, patriotic, or fiction characters. The beautiful quilted, intricate pieced pattern quilts rarely get a lot of public votes. So don't spend a lot of time on an auction quilt. Make it eye catching and themed.
02-16-2012, 02:58 PM
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Thank you all for your input. I don't believe a raffle is going to be an option. The auction will have both silent and "live" items available and the lady who's volunteered to be the auctioneer will do an excellent job. Of that I'm fully confident. She's not only a parent at the school but is a local t.v. personality and will get the job done to encourage items to go for a good price.
I appreciate the advice on pattern type and colorway. Since we're in Oregon, I'm thinking maybe blues, greens, and a little bit of brown thrown in. If it's alright to use a copyrighted pattern for this type of thing, I may search for a Northwest inspired pattern. Do you think that would be a good idea?
I appreciate the advice on pattern type and colorway. Since we're in Oregon, I'm thinking maybe blues, greens, and a little bit of brown thrown in. If it's alright to use a copyrighted pattern for this type of thing, I may search for a Northwest inspired pattern. Do you think that would be a good idea?
a northwest inspired pattern would be awesome and i would think will do well up there.
02-16-2012, 04:29 PM
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I did one for the school auctions years ago - well I put it together anyway... the children made the blocks. I went into the 2 special education classes and provided each of the 12 children with a block of colorful batik fabric (there were 4 different fabrics). They cut out shapes & images from contact paper, stuck them on their blocks, painted black on them, let them dry and then the kids removed the contact paper to reveal their designs. I gently washed the blocks & then put them together with sashes of the batiks and a black outer border. I just did stitch in the ditch as I don't really quilt & this allowed their blocks to be the stars of the quilt.
02-16-2012, 06:09 PM
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Auction Quilts
I've done three, they are posted below.
the patriotic was for a kindergarten class. The eagles are painted on with children's handprints. Each class donated something for the silent auction. It didn't bring in as much $$ as it should have - I agree with the others, raffles are better.
The white an colorful one was for my guild's live auction. It was a laptop and brought in about $135.
The pink/green "yellow brick road" was for a charity silent auction. No one wanted to bid against anyone - on any item. Thank goodness we set a minimum bid but it didn't cover the cost of materials. But the $$ went to a good cause.
the patriotic was for a kindergarten class. The eagles are painted on with children's handprints. Each class donated something for the silent auction. It didn't bring in as much $$ as it should have - I agree with the others, raffles are better.
The white an colorful one was for my guild's live auction. It was a laptop and brought in about $135.
The pink/green "yellow brick road" was for a charity silent auction. No one wanted to bid against anyone - on any item. Thank goodness we set a minimum bid but it didn't cover the cost of materials. But the $$ went to a good cause.
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