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?
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| This is what it looked like when it left my house as a flimsy. |
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| One of my friends from my old quilt guild volunteered to quilt it on her long-arm machine. |
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| 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.
