This has certainly been an interesting thread! I personally made a YBR a few years ago for a granddaughter's wedding gift. They picked the pattern because they wanted something "rustic" looking. We did it in homespun fabrics in various maroon checks, plaids and solids. It looked like something you'd expect in a log cabin, and they loved it.
The quilts by "Wunder-Mar" on page 5 of this thread certainly prove it's anything but a boring pattern! You just have to use a little imagination!