Foothill Quilters Guild, PO Box 5653, Auburn CA 95604
Sutter Breast Cancer Quilt Auction
This year, a total 675 quilts were donated by local quilters. There are three parts to the actual auction:
OnLine Auction (September 1 through October 28) You will find several quilts on line;
they add more every few days up through the end of October (about 30-
Silent Auction The majority of quilts have been hung In the Sutter Cancer Center, on all 7 floors, in the 6th floor library, the bridge/catwalk over to the hospital, and in the lobby of Sutter General Hospital at 28th, 29th, and Capitol Streets. This display of quilts can be viewed by visiting there every day from 7am to 7pm for the whole month October (which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month). Carpool together, see the lovely display, and place your bids.
Many of our members have donated quilts to the Sutter Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Quilt Auctions. Auctions are held every three years; the next Quilt Auction will be in November 2011.
Many of the quilts are shown on the Sutter Cancer Center quilt auction website, along with information about the auction and how to bid on a quilt.
The idea originated in 1999 when the River City Quilters Guild and the Sutter Cancer
Center co-
Live Auction Day The live auction begins at 10am on Saturday, November 5 with some of the most spectacular and unique quilts. The live auction lasts about 2 hours. When the live auction is over, the silent auction begins to shut down, beginning on the 7th floor and proceeding downward.
All proceeds are for Sutter Breast Cancer Awareness and Treatment programs.
Because these auctions are fun as well as profitable, another one will be scheduled for 2014.
