DISCLAIMER: These posts contain hints, tips and ideas from folks that have had some experiences dealing with this. It is NOT meant to be legal advice here - just related experiences. Please consult with a reputable professional if necessary. From: "Jennifer O'Malley" To: equinerescue@MyList.net Subject: EQ-ResQ: rescue quilts Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:02:04 GMT I make quilts, and was thinking about making a few that I could auction at ebay to get up some money to donate to some of the rescues, esp. the ones that I've gotten familiar with through this list. Anyone have any ideas on what they'd be interested in seeing in those quilts (colors, blocks, logos?) Don't know when that would be, since they do take a bit of time, but it's one skill I do have, and one that I would love to donate....Also, would be interested in talking to rescues about making quilts for *their* individual fundraisers. Anyone interested? Jenn ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:11:33 -0400 From: Cris May To: equinerescue@MyList.net Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: rescue quilts Nice idea. The mother of one of our volunteers made a beautiful custom quilt in a horse theme which we raffled off. In fact, we raffled it twice because the first person who won it donated it back to the rescue! Cris May Days End Farm Horse Rescue ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:06:52 -0700 To: equinerescue@MyList.net, "Jennifer O'Malley" From: Mike Dodge Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: rescue quilts We would definitely be interested. We do alot of yard sales as fund raisers and this would be a welcome addition. I know how much time it takes since my wife used to make quilts until a horse kicked her in the hand and broke it. Five surgeries later her right hand has lost much if it's use and she can't do it anymore. I would imagine a nice hand made quilt would bring in at least $100-$125. They can also be used for silent auctions. We'll take a hundred. Just kidding. Mike Chris And Mike Dodge,Founders H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary,Inc. http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/1080 ICQ #6714413 Be Sure to vote for our site for Cyber Scout Award of Equestrian Excellence ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:07:10 -0700 To: equinerescue@MyList.net, "Jennifer O'Malley" From: Pat Calloway Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: rescue quilts I love quilts! How about some with an equine or horse theme? Maybe do some that are specifically - oh, say - western, racing (tbred & standardbred), dressage, hunter/jumper - and some that are just general horse. Colors - well, basics are always good and take a look at what's currently popular in the home stores. Whatever compliments the horse colors if you go that route. Maybe throw in a few bits and horse shoes on it too. I think something like this would be wonderful as a fundraiser. Would even be nice for a rescue to raffle off online or offline depending on laws that govern that sort of thing. Hummmmm - need to start saving these brainstorming notes on fundraising since we always come up with good stuff when we do it. Pat Calloway, Equine Rescue/Creatures Listowner epona@concentric.net (AZ) http://pages.prodigy.com/equinerescue/home.htm http://pages.prodigy.com/equinerescue/creature.htm ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:18:58 -0700 To: equinerescue@MyList.net From: Pat Calloway Subject: EQ-ResQ: Fundraising Ideas In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19980819200652.00701d8c@mail.jetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-equinerescue@MyList.net Reply-To: equinerescue@MyList.net, Pat Calloway At 01:06 PM 8/19/98 -0700, Mike Dodge wrote: (this was under the Rescue Quilts subject line, but I've changed it.) >can't do it anymore. I would imagine a nice hand made quilt would bring in >at least $100-$125. My mom bought me a handmade/handstitched (Amish or Menonite) quilt with the double wedding ring pattern about 10-15 years ago for around $300. The last time that she looked at prices they had doubled and that was only a few years after she bought it for me. A lot depends on the workmanship - handstitched (well, other than the way that *I* would handstitch it! ) and well matched colors and a unique pattern or interpretation could really jack the price up a lot. How about the smaller ones - wall hangings? Those might not take as much time and would be pretty nice to have to hang wherever. Throws or afghans with a horse motif would be nice too. And pillows. It's darn hard to find horsey stuff at a *reasonable* price. If you have lots of horsey photos/old magazines, you can cut out photos and decoupage a wooden (or whatever) box or tray. Another cool idea is to buy those wooden light & electrical outlet fixtures and either paint them or decoupage them with a horsey motif. (Being careful to not use flamable substances, etc.) I know someone (on this list as a matter of fact!) who paints glass Christmas balls with portaits of folks' pets - IF someone were handy and could do horses, that would be a **wonderful** fundraiser! Bake sales. Who can resist cookies? What else? ============================================================ From: HVIDEO885@aol.com Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 18:34:47 EDT To: equinerescue@MyList.net, epona@concentric.net, Horsepr@aol.com Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Fundraising Ideas In a message dated 8/19/98 4:19:15 PM US Eastern Standard Time, epona@concentric.net writes: > What else? Well, everyone knows that Avon's Skin-so-Soft is great as a fly & mosquito repellent, but did you also know that they do fundraising programs as well. Pampered Chef, a kitchen gadget company has a fundraising program as well. They have a cookbook that you sell for $10 and you get to keep part of the sale price (either $4 or $6 dollars, don't remember which). Also, a group garage sale is a good idea. One man's (or woman's) junk is another's treasure. Talking to the organizers of local horse shows to see if they would donate a quarter from each entry from each class to your rescue. Those quarters can add up if there are lots of horse shows or entries in the shows. Could also do a refreshment stand at the horse shows (of course, you also try to get the food items donated). Then you could also try any of the following: chili cook-off organized trail ride with riders getting pledges and donations western BBQ raffle something off (check with local laws pertaining to raffles) silent auction spaghetti dinner horse show bingo game car wash (horse wash if someone has barn and trailer space for people to come to) dinner with a guest speaker horse clinic These are just a few ideas that you can adapt to your area. Anybody want to add to the list? Sharon in PA ============================================================ From: "Jennifer O'Malley" To: equinerescue@MyList.net Subject: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:15:37 GMT Hey everybody....Ooooh, my husband is gonna flip! In any case, I'm going to try and get some ideas out there and storm the quilt store...I think the phrase that I'm looking for is "take no prisoners"! I can't wait to get started, and I'll keep everyone updated with what I have and whatnot...Also, I have access to patterns for blankets and sheets (horse...not the stuff on the bed ), and saddlebags, and what not, so let me know what you want to see....Thanks for all the positive feedback...I love it! Jenn ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:28:16 +0000 From: Fairwind To: equinerescue@MyList.net, "Jennifer O'Malley" Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff Jen we had a quilting idea that we used that you may wanna try.Made up a pattern, copied it the number of times we needed for the # of squares for the quilt. put it in a baggy with a sample of the fabric we wanted to use, so people could match the "type" of fabric and indicated the color schemes to choose from. (browns or greens worked best for us). Then told everyone to make a square. Takes only a little skill and some time if you keep the pattern simple even we dummies with sewing can handle it. Then the "expert" (that would be you Jen,) made a center square that was I think the size of 3 x3 of the blocks with a horse on it. Each person mailed back the squares and the expert pieced and quilted it,, took no time to complete each quilt! And the cost to each quilt was spread over many people buying only a little bit of fabric,, matter of fact you could have every one who wanted a quilt to make say four,, then send alittle $ toward the batting and backing and the center piece! Worked for us! -- Beverly Whittington President OHAHS URL http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2887 ============================================================ To: equinerescue@MyList.net Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:42:32 -0700 Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff From: kparabians@juno.com (Lauren M Kennedy) Beverly wrote: >Jen we had a quilting idea that we used that you may wanna try.Made up >a pattern, copied it the number of times we needed for the # of squares >for the quilt......................... Then told everyone to make a square. As a 4-H leader back in Oregon, I received the best "Year End" present EVER from my group. They put together a gorgeous quilt, and in the center of each square, was a picture of each one with their horse (transposed onto fabric). Wow, talk about a tear jerker in front of a huge crowd. Anyhow, the thought crossed my mind... what about pictures of rescued horses in the centers of the squares? (I don't know what the cost is to put it on fabric, so don't know how feasible an idea this is... just brainstorming for now!). Also, I don't know if this would make it too "sentimental" for those of us on the list and too personalized for an auction. I doubt I could contribute to the sewing part, as me and fabric just don't get along (unless I can hot glue it!), but if there's anything else I can do, please let me know. Just a thought... Lauren Kennedy ============================================================ To: equinerescue@MyList.net Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:31:22 -0700 Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Fundraising Ideas From: kparabians@juno.com (Lauren M Kennedy) A couple that we did with our 4-Hers when we got bored of the traditionals ("Star" ratings from my view following each one!): Topless Carwash- signs out front stating "Topless Carwash" with arrows, carwash in back of building. Customers had to pay an extra .50 to get the top of their car washed! Otherwise, we'd just wash the bottom half of the car. ** Spook Insurance (best if you can round up volunteer kids for this one because it's so darn cute!)- The kids go door to door a week or so before Halloween and sell Spook Insurance for $2.00 (or whatever you set it at... we found if it was cheap, people would buy it just for the novelty of it). If the person's house gets egged, TP'd, or otherwise vandalized on Halloween, we'll clean it up for them the next day! We did this for 3 years and never got one call for clean up (but the kids seemed to know who NOT to sell the insurance to in their neighborhoods!) **** Raffle of a Quilt- We had a hand-made quilt (made by one our 4-H moms) that raised over $800. We attended a couple Craft Fairs at Christmas time with the quilt on display and sold a lot of tickets that way (I believe it was $2 per ticket or $5 for 3 tickets). **** Poker Ride with donated items as prizes (a key is to make sure you have LOTS of fun, not necessarily expensive, prizes so lots of people go home with something). Charged about $10 per hand. People could ride with as many hands as they'd like for $10 per hand. We had a spaghetti feed at the end for all riders with a small charge for non-riders (riders were credited one consuming body for each hand they bought). Made a few hundred bucks and had a ton of fun! **** Clinic with local clinician. This took a lot of organization time and only made about a $200 profit for a two-day clinic, after paying the clinician and other expenses. Wouldn't recommend this one unless you're a heck of a lot more organized than I am! 1/2* Coupon Cash in- This was an interesting one that we did several years ago (probably 15 years!) with a local privately owned "Mom and Pop" type of grocery store. We'd all clip coupons out of the Sunday paper and mark them with a highlighter, then take them to the store and tape them on the items once a week. At the checkout counter, the customer had the choice of the coupon value being donated to our group, or the value being discounted from their bill. It was a bit complicated, and I wasn't one of the one's heading it up. We just happened to luck out in that one of our 4-H leaders was married to the owner of the store! Raised a lot of money, though! **1/2 That's all I can think of for now. Lauren K. ============================================================ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:10:15 -0700 To: equinerescue@MyList.net From: Pat Calloway Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff In-Reply-To: <19980819.214234.3406.11.KPArabians@juno.com> At 09:42 PM 8/19/98 -0700, Lauren M Kennedy wrote: > >Anyhow, the thought crossed my mind... what about pictures >of rescued horses in the centers of the squares? OOooooh - that is a really good idea, Lauren! There are ways to take a photo then applique or iron it onto fabric. I did this with the program Print Artist when some of us wanted to do a "CIGAR FOR PRESIDENT" T shirt a few years back. I wasn't totally pleased with the way that it came out, but it was a first (and last so far ) effort. Here's another idea - there's a program called Pattern Maker by Hobbyware that can take a photo or drawing and translate it into a pattern for cross stitch. I think you iron it on or something. It might be kinda neat to make that available for folks who might want to cross stitch something of their horse, but who aren't good with a computer... (Note here that I haven't cross stitched in years and do well to sew on the occasional button or mend a rip in something. ) Like Lauren says, this may be a bit too specialized for a lot of auctions, but maybe not.... also sewing and crafts can be pretty time intensive - and a lot of time the crafters don't really get back the $$ for the time that they put into the project which may be more relevant if someone is doing it for profit or doing a lot of 'em. ============================================================ From: Janis.Comstock-Jones@ecr.net To: equinerescue@MyList.net Date: 20 Aug 1998 06:59:34 EDT Subject: EQ-ResQ: rescue quilts At Amish auctions over the years in our area, the high sellers have been Queen and King sized quilts with a lot of shades of blue. Greens, yellows, and the red family don't do so well. White-on-white with a design quilted in have sold well. Baby quilts do better when they have a scalloped edge, appliques, and other "fancy" touches. One gorgeous quilt I liked had black worked in with many shades of blue. Janis (SPHO--Ohio) http://www.ecr.net/gallifry/spho.htm ============================================================ From: "paige DiRoberto" To: equinerescue@MyList.net, kparabians@juno.com Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 05:16:05 PDT >As a 4-H leader back in Oregon, I received the best "Year End" present >EVER from my group. They put together a gorgeous quilt, and in the >center of each square, was a picture of each one with their horse >(transposed onto fabric). Wow, talk about a tear jerker in front of a >huge crowd. Anyhow, the thought crossed my mind... what about pictures >of rescued horses in the centers of the squares? What a way to market the quits if evey rescue from across the country did a square? Talk about coming together for a common cause!! Each rescue could initial the back of thier square so the purchaser would know which part of the country that particular square came from. I think it's a great idea although I don't cook, iron, or do much else that is very domestic ( I can muck a mean stall). I haven't tried sewing just from the sheer fear of it, but hey why not? I got married last year and one wedding gift we got was a beautiful hand made quilt with our invitation silk screened on the back corner. We had sunflower invitations so the quilt was done in the same blue and gold with sunflowers. It was the best gift we got. We will certainly keep it forever. I love quilts... ============================================================ From: "GAYLE. W." To: Subject: EQ-ResQ: fund raising,quilts,etc Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 09:30:16 -0700 Hi All Here I am far away in Canada and wishing I was closer to some of you so I could go and help. Now, not sure who offered to do the quilts, but I sent away last year for a pattern for a horse quilt and ordered two. One I cut up and have been transferring to wood pcs. etc and painting them. I have one pattern left and if I can get an address, I will send it to her. Each square is about 12" square and has in each square either a mare & colt, or bucking horse, or 2 horses (stallions?) etc. I also think the idea of transposing the pictures of rescued horses on fabric and then making a quilt is a great idea. I took a picture of my grandaughter and each of my 3 grandsons to a print shop and had them enlarged. Then I brought in material and she transferred the pictures of the faces onto it. I brought it home and made dolls out of each one. The boys ended up looking like the 3 stooges but my grandaughter turned out beautifully. I sewed hair and a hat on her, put her in a cute outfit and sat her in a high chair in my kitchen. She still sits there and when people come in they think she is real. I have a picture of her on my computer but don't know how to send it out. I will find out and if anyone wants one I will send it to them. I could do one like that and you could raffle it off. We could sell tickets and the winner could send me a picture and I could make a doll. What do you all think??? Gayle & the Pasos 3, Ontario,Canada. ============================================================ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:59:00 -0700 From: LINDA KODESH X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: equinerescue@MyList.net, Pat Calloway Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Great Feedback on the Quilts....And stuff Pat Calloway wrote: > Here's another idea - there's a program called Pattern Maker by Hobbyware > that can take a photo or drawing and translate it into a pattern for cross > stitch. I think you iron it on or something. It might be kinda neat to > make that available for folks who might want to cross stitch something of > their horse, but who aren't good with a computer... (Note here that I > haven't cross stitched in years and do well to sew on the occasional button > or mend a rip in something. ) > Ok list, I have a program on my computer that makes X Stitch patterns from pictures. I am getting a new computer in a couple of weeks (my hubby needed a tax deduction so I get a new computer and ASAP gets mine). The patterns that I have done so far have turned out ok but sometimes the colors are a little off. Hopefully, with the new computer they will be better. If anyone would want me to make up a pattern or two (or whatever) for fundraising I would certainly try. Just let me know.Thanks, Linda in WI ============================================================ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:56:52 -0700 To: equinerescue@MyList.net From: Pat Calloway Subject: EQ-ResQ: Fundraising Ideas (Crafts) This is the time of year that catalog companies start sending LOTS of stuff in the hopes that customers will use it to do their Christmas & other holiday shopping. Just got one today that had a few crafty ideas that someone could put his or her own spin on. A rack made with horseshoes. Basically a stained 2x4 with 4 horseshoes and pegs to hang hats, coats, whatever. Along that line, how about making windchimes or a wine bottle holder out of horseshoes in some way? Country is still kinda "in" so why not? There's a cute lamp & lampshade in a Western motif - base has saddle on a rack and lampshade has latigo braiding and a siloutte (bad spelling, I know!) of a cowboy on a horse. Along that line, you can usually buy paper lampshades - why not rubberstamp 'em with horse shoes or some other horsey motif and sell them? Or do 'em "custom" - can pick up cheapo lamps at garage sales, etc and do a "facelift" on 'em. Just be sure the wiring is safe, etc. Then they have a pillow with a horse head on it and the saying, "Ride into your dreams." The catalog doesn't have horses for this - but they do have flags for particular breeds of dogs. If you could find horsey fabric, you could make up a simple flag using that. They also have windsocks/flyers that have a doggie head on 'em - not sure HOW difficult doing a horse head might be (shades of that talking Mr Ed head I had when I was a kid! ), but something like that could be fun. Also a doggie or kittie head that holds eyeglasses - perhaps someone who does ceramics could come up with a horsey version? And how about customized picture frames? Take standard size cheapie frames that you get on sale. Then you can paint/rubberstamp/sponge in a horse motif. Just some ideas if you wanted to make/donate a few crafts for a fundraising sale or auction. A further idea - and I'm not sure if it wouldn't be too much trouble or not - would be that a rescue took a booth someplace like Coomers (it's a craft mall where people pay for a booth, then come in and maintain & stock it. Coomers provides sales help, etc for a % of the sales or something like that - not totally sure - you'd need someone to run the thing and figure it out), got commitments from folks to provide various crafts for it - would NOT have to be horsey! - and put the profits into the rescue. There are also usually one or two day craft fairs, particularly when the weather is nice. Here it's in the winter, other places it may be summer or fall. Anyway - just some ideas - am saving these to a file I'll put up on the Equine Rescue Home Page so that folks can refer to them in the future. ============================================================ Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:35:02 -0400 From: Cris May To: equinerescue@MyList.net Subject: Re: EQ-ResQ: Fundraising Ideas >>> 08/19 6:34 PM Also, a group garage sale is a good idea. >> A good idea when you're starting out, but quickly becomes way too time/labor intensive for the funds generated. >organized trail ride with riders getting pledges and donations> YES!!! We raised over $6K this way at last fall's ride. Each participant got a special t-shirt, which was paid for by sponsors who had ads on the back of the shirt. >raffle something off (check with local laws pertaining to raffles)> The raffle for the quilt raised over $2K; we usually do at least one annual raffle for a $500 prize, and the prize is usually donated back to the rescue. >Anybody want to add to the list?>> We have two open houses a year with games, pony rides, petting zoo, etc., etc. Not only do these open houses raise lots of bucks, they also make the public more aware of your org., and its easy to get radio stations to do PSAs for them. When we have an animal with a special need (surgery) we've tried the "blood drive" approach during an open house to raise the funds needed, with great success! A booth or table at a store opening or special event, while in and of itself not a great money maker, will also increase public awareness of your org., bring you more volunteers and names for the mailing list, and ultimately more dollars. Cris May Days End Farm Horse Rescue ============================================================ From: "Jennifer O'Malley" To: equinerescue@MyList.net Subject: EQ-ResQ: I can't sleep anymore....horses keep running through my head.. Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:37:54 GMT Hey all...Just a quilt (that was *supposed to say quick..tells you where my mind is!) post to let everyone know that I am still working out the quilt designs and whatnot, and am also interested in making paper (the actual stuff) and then putting cute horse type-logos on them, with envelopes and the whole nine yards...interesting, yes or no? My house is gonna end up looking like the inside of a craft store, or maybe a loonatic asylum...my poor hubby...he's lost his wife, and the aliens have replaced her with this strange lady who mutters about horses in her sleep... I will keep everyone updated with progress on the quilts, throws and pillows, and many, many thanks to everyone who helped, keep the suggestions coming!!! jenn And Allah took the western wind, and stars, and with it made the horse...Bedouin legend ============================================================ From: "Bill Adams" To: Subject: RE: EQ-ResQ: I can't sleep anymore....horses keep running through my head.. Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 20:00:21 -0400 Jenn: I like the quilt idea (my grandmother is a quilter, and I don't think you can ever have too many quilts!) and the paper idea as well. Maybe you could even add a little horse hair or sweet feed to your paper mix for some added texture! Elizabeth Adams Lexington KY ============================================================