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Quilt Raffle Has Raised $6,200 for Ukraine!

by WaterGirl|  July 27, 20221:38 pm| 36 Comments

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Together, this quilt raffle has raised $5,900 $6,200 or Ukraine!  You guys are amazing!

On The Road - Quiltingfool - Ukraine Block Photos, Part 2 7

Please check the list of raffle ticket purchasers below.

Not everyone specifically mentioned the raffle, but if you didn’t specifically indicate the donation was for squares/blocks, I made the assumption that your donation was for the raffle.

If you should be on the list but you’re not, let me know.  If you’re on the list but you didn’t buy raffle tickets – it’s possible that you intended your donation to “buy” squares/blocks – so please let me know that, too!

Also, not everyone included their nym, in which case I tried to use some discreet version of your nym in the nym field.  So if you donated for the raffle but you don’t see your nym on the list, please check for something resembling your name in the nym field.

Andrya
Another Scott
BeachBear
BeautifulPlumage                 
BenS
Bobby Thomson
Brooklyn Dodger
CarolM
Colleeniem
craigj
Cynnm
cynthia
dc
DianeM
DK
emrys
eponymous
E.G. for example
Fair Economist
grandmaBear
greengoblin
Ha Nguyen
Haroldo
HinTN
Joy in FL
Laura Too
Memory Pallas
minachica
ORSoder
pinacacci
robyn
skerry
SkyBluePink
susan30522
tinare
tokyokali
Van Buren
wataguy
WaterGirl
Wolvesvalley
Wretched
zhena gogolia

Open thread.

Update at 5:00 pm:  I had missed a couple of people.  List has been updated!

 

 

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36Comments

  1. 1.

    Fair Economist

    July 27, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    Great job and big thanks to Quiltingfool and Watergirl!

    When are the raffle results?

  2. 2.

    Yutsano

    July 27, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    That’s a lotta dough!
    Side note: I haven’t been able to use anything but text for the dialogue box since this morning. Latest Firefox on Android mobile.​

    EDIT: SECOND!!!

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    @Fair Economist: Folks have 24 hours to confirm that the list is correct.

    After that, we can go through the process to determine the winner.

    Plus, that gives me 24 hours to get some work done for the clients I have been mostly ignoring since last Thursday. :-)

    Then I’ll figure out the process for assigning random numbers and then selecting one.

    *I am still in triage mode, just trying to keep everything moving.

  4. 4.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    July 27, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    That’s awesome!! This place is fantastico.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    July 27, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    When do we pony up for our Patron and other quilt squares?

    And:  way to go, generous jackals.

  6. 6.

    Brooklyn Dodger

    July 27, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    Confirmed – thank you!

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 2:27 pm

    @Elizabelle: You can pony up any time for the blocks/squares.

    Just forward your ActBlue receipt to me and note that it’s for blocks.  I will file it in my “quilt blocks” folder.

    But we won’t be taking specific “orders” for blocks until after the raffle is over.  Since bigger blocks or more complicated blocks cost more, it might make sense to wait until we are taking “orders”.

  8. 8.

    Joy in FL

    July 27, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    I’m on the list, which is right where I should be.

  9. 9.

    J R in WV

    July 27, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    Congratulations to QuiltingFool and WaterGirl, and many thanks for all you guys do! Not amazing, here, but remarkable and wonderful. And thanks to everyone who entered the raffle!! You guys rock!

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 3:10 pm

    @Joy in FL: Confirming that I got your two separate donations.  I have you on the list once, but I have both your tickets.

  11. 11.

    Another Scott

    July 27, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I want 17 to be my random number.

    Seventeen is:

    * Described at MIT as ‘the least random number’, according to the Jargon File.[22] This is supposedly because in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

    ** This study has been repeated a number of times.[23]

    Thanks!!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  12. 12.

    eponymous

    July 27, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    This is awesome – but I do not see either my name or nym in the list, so here is the notification (4 raffle tix for me!)

  13. 13.

    Elizabelle

    July 27, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    @WaterGirl:   Thank you.

    Well done, to you and QuiltingFool, for these beautiful pieces.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    @eponymous: Hi there.

    Did you (or can you) forward your ActBlue receipt to me by email?

    watergirl at balloon-juice.com is my email address.

  15. 15.

    MazeDancer

    July 27, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    What excellent news! Good luck to all ticket holders.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    @eponymous: And this is why we have these posts, to catch anything that might have fallen through the cracks!

  17. 17.

    eponymous

    July 27, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    I did!  And you acknowledged it. Understandable that something fell through the cracks, so I can do it again if you want.

    I would also like to say thanks for all you do, and thanks to QuiltingFool for the beautiful artwork so generously donated.

  18. 18.

    E.G. for example

    July 27, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    Is “eric” me? I tried to buy two raffle tickets as “E.G. for example”; we traded emails on July 17. Thanks!

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    @E.G. for example: Yes!

    I did not see your nym in your email message.  Apologies if it was there and I missed it.

    edit: I just updated the list.

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    @eponymous: Yes, as you will see from my email reply, I did have your original message but it didn’t get the Quilt Raffle tag.

    Glad you caught my error!  That’s why I put these up.  I am careful, but not perfect!  :-)

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    @eponymous:

    QuiltingFool is amazing.  (I too want to capitalize the F in fool, even though she does not!)

    I think before we’re through – between this last auction and the raffle and the blocks – that she will have raised about $10k this time around.

    And it was $5k for the first auction (including misc donations, even one $500 one as I recall).

    That’s a lot of dough for Ukraine, from one generous soul with a whole lot of artistic talent.

  22. 22.

    Sure Lurkalot

    July 27, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    A former employer would say…”$50 here, $50 there, before you know it, that’s REAL MONEY (and he would know as he had a shitload of it).

    Yea!

  23. 23.

    Joy in FL

    July 27, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    @WaterGirl: Two raffle tickets– exactly right. Thanks for confirming : )

  24. 24.

    Quiltingfool

    July 27, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    I’m a bit late to the thread, sorry!  I am humbled by the generosity of everyone here, so glad I found this place.

    I haven’t checked in today, as I was working on some Patron squares and I made a different one (Patron is standing).  I like it, maybe some of you will like it, too!  I’m hoping to have the new block finalized tomorrow so I can send Watergirl a photo.

    Thanks to everyone for raising so much money!  Slava Ukraini!

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    @Joy in FL: I didn’t think it would be right to publish the number of tickets that everyone had purchased, but I thought it was okay to clarify yours since you had gotten one raffle ticket, twice!

  26. 26.

    RedDirtGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Is it too late to purchase a ticket?

  27. 27.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    July 27, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    Every quilt and block is stunning!

    I’m on the list! Thank you!

  28. 28.

    eachother

    July 27, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    Listing to the left.

    There is an interpretable resemblance to one of the names listed and my own.

    THANK YOU!  This is truly wonderful.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    @RedDirtGirl: Sadly, I think it is too late. :-

    Midnight last night was the deadline.

  30. 30.

    DK

    July 27, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    Confirmed. Thanks

  31. 31.

    Quiltingfool

    July 27, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    @RedDirtGirl: You’ll get another chance!  I’m not done, I’m in for the long haul.  Our brothers and sisters in Ukraine are fighting for their freedom, and I’ll help any way I can.  I know I’m not alone!

  32. 32.

    sab

    July 27, 2022 at 8:54 pm

    Loved that quilt, but didn’t buy a ticket because I couldn’t give it a good home. I never win anything, but didn’t want to risk it. Anxiously waiting for the quilt block event.

  33. 33.

    RedDirtGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 8:59 pm

    @Quiltingfool:

     

    @WaterGirl:

    Thanks!

  34. 34.

    zhena gogolia

    July 27, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    Slava Ukraini!

  35. 35.

    artem1s

    July 27, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    These quilts are beautiful l thank you so much for sharing them with us!

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    July 27, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    @sab: It would suck if the one time you finally won something… you couldn’t keep it!

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