Saturday, November 17, 2018

Fly away, Flutterby!

Tonight was the fundraising event where my Flutterby quilt (based on the Jen Kingwell pattern in the Quilt Lovely book) was auctioned off to raise money for Project Horizon, a non-profit organization in Lexington, VA (my old stomping grounds) dedicated to reducing domestic and sexual violence in the area.  I've donated items before for the silent auction and brought in a couple hundred dollars, but this year, they wanted my quilt to be in the live auction.  I was super nervous - was my quilt good enough for the big leagues?

This is what it looked like when it left my house as a flimsy.

One of my friends from my old quilt guild volunteered to quilt it on her long-arm machine.

She also added the binding by machine.

My friend who attended the fundraiser (which is a fabulous dinner and dancing plus silent auction and live auction) videotaped the auctioning of the quilt for me.  I was on pins and needles watching.


Nine hundred and fifty dollars!?!  I'll be honest - I started to cry.  I'm so humbled.  I hope that whoever won the bid loves the quilt and that it brings him/her many years of comfort and warmth.  And, more importantly, I hope that the money it raised helps someone make a new, violence-free start in her life.

9 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

What a beautiful quilt for a wonderful cause! Congratulations! Way to go!

Julie Fukuda said...

What a wonderful use of your work. Having made auction quilts in the past, I have to believe that someone who bids that much is going to enjoy it for a long time.

Julie Fukuda said...

What a wonderful use of your work. Having made auction quilts in the past, I have to believe that someone who bids that much is going to enjoy it for a long time.

Janice Holton said...

That is WONDERFUL!! Congrats on the great response to your lovely donation. :)

joe tulips said...

That is awesome!!

Karen H said...

Congratulations, I'm glad your quilt brought in some good money, for both you and the cause! It's a beautiful quilt.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Wow! Well worth the price. We were talking at quilt guild last night that few people understand the value of a quilt (hers had gone for only $200). I know that money is going to a good cause. Women's lives are well worth that price.

Nancy said...

Such a BEAUTIFUL quilt - and OMG $950!! You must have felt so good about that!!

Nancy said...

I can't stop looking at this one! Just saved it to my collection of Quilt Pictures and am printing it out!!