My guild makes charity quilts, and I was tempted to use "not so nice" patterns. Then at a meeting we read the letters sent to the guild from the people who received our blankets. Mine was given to a woman whose home burned down right after her diagnosis of cancer. Red Cross gave her a quilt and put her and her husband in a motel. She wrote to thank us for the beautiful blanket of pink and purple flowers that reminded her of the garden she used to tend. She passed away two weeks after sending off the letter. That was my quilt. Now nothing is too nice to give to someone in need.