If I were giving a quilt to charity I would give it my all and maybe not go for the easiest pattern. I have to agree with Zhillslady with that I wouldn't give a homeless person, victim, vetern, or cancer patient anything less than what I would give to my own child (if I had one). But that's not to knock down quilters who do make the quick and easy quilts or don't exactly make the prettiest quilts. ...maybe I just contradicted myself a little there. What's really important is you really put the thought and heart into it no matter what kind of quilt you're making. The lady from Zhillslady's story didn't have the heart put into her quilt for charity. Its not "just for charity" as she had put it. Its for "a girl who has bone cancer and lost all her hair to chemo" or "a man who has no job or home and eats at a soup kitchen" or "a soldier who got injured in Iraq".