Here's another shot of the hand dyed posy quilt, this time showing the borders. I've been having preliminary discussions with my son's school about using this as a fundraiser, but we're not sure how much to charge for tickets. $2? $3? even$5? what's your experience with what's the best price for quilt raffle tickets? what about selling multiples like one for $2, three for $5?
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I'd go for $2 each or 3 for $5. Hope it all works out for you.
Ditto on that price by Scrappy. I'll buy $20 worth!!! I love it!
I believe our quilt guild sold tickets for $1 each or $5 for six for our last raffle quilt.
Whatever you decide let me know, I would love to buy some for this quilt!
I've done several raffle quilts for school and mission projects. We have always sold tickets for $1 ea. what I have found is that people will spend what they're going to... most of the tickets ended up being sold in groups of 5 but put $5 on a ticket and sales go down because you lose the few who want to spend less...
Almost all raffle tickets in my area are $1 each or 6 for $5. I don't think $2 would scare anyone off though and 3 for $5 sounds good.
Each year our quilt guild raffles a quilt. Tickets are always $1 each, sometimes they do 6 for $5. Almost anyone when asked directly will buy a $1 ticket, and many people will buy more -- but you don't get everyone buying and you get fewer people buying multiple tickets as the price goes up. What we've learned is that displaying in a prominent place (like our local quilt shop or the farmer's market) means greatly increased sales.
With the economy as such. It seems that if you go $1 for one or 6 for $5, people think that they are getting more for their money and that is what it is all about these days. lol They want more chances even though it may mean a little more paper on your part. Even those that don't have much, they will at least spend $1 and all of those $'s eventually add up.
I machine quilted one similar for a quilt raffle a few years ago. It was gorgeous when it was finished. Who ever you have quilt it, I would ask to have a charcoal gray thread to be used instead of black. It helps to show some stitching in a subtle contrast. Not too powerful for the lovely applique, but enough to compliment and not fade into the fabric:) If you don't have a machine quilter in the area, you can check out my work. http://enchantedquilts.com
1 for $2, 3 for $5 is what we did with our quilt raffle at Christmas. We made about $350 (I live in a town of 450 people so this isn't bad.)
What price you decide on let me know and I'll buy every ticket!
I do raffle quilts for three groups during the year. The quilts from the local group are raffled for $1 for 1 and 6 for $5 and we usually raise about $350-500. Not a lot but still will spay and neuter about 15 cats. One year the quilt went for $780!
The quilts that go to the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America for their National Specialties generally garner over $700 and they are done in a silent acution format.
You take a risk in the silent acution that people will think they can get the same quilt at Penneys for $69 so you have to make it specific for them, like put a Swissy on it and it sells.
good luck!
glen in Louisiana
Looks great Brenda! 8-)
You need to check with the state laws where the raffle will be held. Some states have laws that say the raffle tickets must be a set price, so you cannot charge $1 for one ticket and $5 for six tickets. In Washingtone, that si the case.
Lunachance
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