2013 Charity Quilt Creating

[tnitnetny]

Thanks guys! I tried something new this year to show off the squares more. I will use the green in the Child's play quilt. I don't know if I will put another border on the other quilt yet, working on that one now.

[blackmageheart]

Wow! I really like what you've done this year, very nice! The other green will look fine, I'm sure.

Once you're done quilting, shall I make up the certificates?

[tnitnetny]

Yup! As soon as I get the tops done, I will post pictures so you can start organizing it.

I was thinking this year let's add the country the participant is from. We have such a diverse group of people I would love to have that highlighted.

[funkymonkey]

That looks so awesome, even though it isn't done yet. Also, I'd love the $5 raffle idea. Not sure if there'd be enough interest to make it worthwhile, but I'd totally be in.

[drdenman]

That looks so awesome, even though it isn't done yet. Also, I'd love the $5 raffle idea. Not sure if there'd be enough interest to make it worthwhile, but I'd totally be in.

Maybe we could borrow a crowdfunding site to do the raffle and ensure that it has enough interest before actually doing it.
For example. If we want to raise a minimum of $100 from the quilt(just a random number for use of illustration, of course) and we want to sell tickets for 5 dollars then all we have to do is set the goal as 100 dollars and the pledge prizes $5 for one raffle entry. Then we can set a deadline and if we don't sell $100 in raffle tickets, then the raffle doesn't happen and everyone who signed up doesn't have to pay. But one difficulty that I can see right now is finding a crowdfunding that will allow us to use their program as a raffle... Kickstarter doesn't allow that(but they have all sorts of funky rules)

[tnitnetny]

The biggest problem with that is sites like that must be reported to the government as "income". Because it is "fundraising" it is taxed at a 40% rate which is money taken from the charity.

We have three options that I will consider that will raise the most money for the charity. 1) an auction like we did last year. 2) I take the quilt to Magfest or DC Comic Con and have it auctioned off live. 3) a Raffle.

These are the only options that wouldn't take any money out of what we raise.

[Servotron]

I think taking the quilt to one of the cons would be the best idea, didn't you say the guy who runs Magfest was pretty interested in the idea?

[tnitnetny]

They were and I am personally running the charity raising at DC Comic Con. Even though it is later in April I would lean to the DC one since it gets more publicity and the people that attend have a LOT more money. The only thing that makes me hesitant about taking it to a con is it would limit the number of people that could bid on it. So if we did, I would maybe have a "silent" auction the week before and see if anyone would outbid that at the con?

After the quilts are finished I will put all three options up and leave it up to all of you to vote what we do with it. When we get enough for 3 quilts, then we can do two of the options.

[drdenman]

Ouch! I didn't know those were taxed so heavily. I'll be avoiding those in the future maybe...

[tnitnetny]

They are great if you need funding for something and don't have any other way to raise the money, and I also give money to them quite often. But there is a reason they ask for a lot more than what they need a lot of times, taxes sucks a lot up. It just wouldn't be practical for anything that is charity based.