I used to quilt and have to agree....it's pretty and the level of detail is awesome but rarely does anyone spend 4500 on anything like a quilt these days....
I do wish you luck in selling the quilt....for your sake of taking the hIke as I always hope everyone can fulfill their dreams. Have you considered setting up a go fund me page offering the quilt to the person who donates the biggest amount of money?
Can that be done? Sorry if I am off base here, but I have no idea how those pages work....but you hear of people getting what they want on it all the time.
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