countrystitcher Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Saturday was my Dad's family reunion. My Dad is a quilter so he made a quilt top and I quilted it for him. We decided instead of passing the hat for donations that we would raffle it off. We made $260 which is way more than we would have gotten passing the hat. This is just an idea for others who may have family reunions in the future. The lady who won it lives in Indiana and is a beginner quilter so she was absolutely thrilled. Sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Did you take a picture of the quilt? Congrats on the raffle and the family reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Great idea! Helps with the costs AND someone gets a great keepsake:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linquilt74 Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Made a quilt for a family reunion in the year 2000. Used millienal fabric. A couple of the attendees have since died. I cherish I very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 That was a great idea and the woman who took it home has a wonderful keepsake. Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I did a quilt for our family reunion in 2006. It was all the collected photos of the huge extended family. We intend to do this again as it was a great raffell/fund raiser and now a very valued family heriloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyLynn Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 At our family reunion this summer, we also had quilts. Three made by different family members, and another made by family members that were blocks of material, and in the center was my grandparents' names and a block around that square for each of their children. Then more blocks for that childs ( my dad) children and spouse then another block for each child (myself and my siblings) with their familes and one more block for the grandchildren. In all each of our names were on it 3 times, I thnk, it was a few months ago:o It was a pretty good sized quilt. My dad had 5 siblings, with one of those Uncles having 11 kids, and those kids had many among them selves. All the quilts were auctioned off, bringing in a huge amount of money. One of the quilts was made by my sister with my fathers jeans and few pieces of a shirt. My sister had it planned to have our brother bid on it and then she gave it to me. I cried, first because she could not really afford to spend that much, secondly because it was my dads clothes and I had asked for those clothes when my father passed away and my brother was being an a## and would not give them to me, and thirdly my sister and I have not spoken more in the last 20+ years than we have spoken. I cherish the quilt. As much as I would have liked the clothes in the first place, this is better than nothing. But then sometimes, you just have to let things go and get on with life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerryM Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Sharon, what a great idea, we usually do a silent auction, but maybe a memory quilt would be better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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