Becky Miles stored 79 quilts in her home for two years in preparation for the Willow City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Quilt Show and Live Auction at Marktplatz on Saturday. Up to 35 auxiliary members helped with sewing, arranging and cutting of the final product. – Standard-Radio Post/Christine Granados
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Crazy about quilts
Harold Lotz, quilt auctioneer, Patti Lotz and Becky Miles, WCVFRD Auxiliary members pose in front of the quilts that will be auctioned off at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday’s Live Quilt Auction fundraiser at the Adelsverein Halle at Marktplatz was two years in the making, and Willow City firefighter Harold Lotz has just two and half hours to sell all 79 artisan quilts on Saturday, Nov. 18.
“My philosophy is let them know what the price is, keep going and let them know your pace,” said Lotz, a Tex...
