I do enjoy a quilt auction and this past week I have participated in two. SAQA' s Spotlight Auction was held in conjunction with their annual conference which was an online event this year. The quilts up for auction were tiny - only 4" X 6", or the size of a postcard - but they are presented in a 8" X 10" mat and enclosed in a plastic sleeve. I have purchased some at previous SAQA conferences, but I remove them from the sleeve/mat and usually have to finish the edge. This time I was high bidder for four little quilts which I will show you after they arrive here. The other auction was sponsored by Pokey Bolton and her Craft a Life website and benefited the World Central Kitchen which is providing meals in Ukraine. These quilts were all different sizes and went for higher bids. I won one by Jennifer Sampou which is a little different but has trees in it. I bid high (I thought) for a lovely bouquet by Terry Grant, whose quilts I greatly admire, but at the last minute someone almost doubled the bid and will have that lovely quilt hanging on her wall. Bummer.
The quilt I am showing tonight was part of the Canyon Quilters of San Diego Challenge and Auction last fall. The quilts went on to hang at Visions and were returned at the meeting last week when I was the speaker for the meeting. Of course, another bird quilt - there wasn't a Toucan in the Collection before. This one is 14" square.
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