I think when you have virtually nothing then a quilt (no matter what color or pattern) might look beautiful. If you're sending these to third world countries then I'm not sure I would worry about beautiful and be more concerned with serviceable and warm. I'm not saying send ugly just look at them with different eyes and see how they would look to you if you had nothing. I've worked with the homeless here in the United States and most of them were not concerned with how things looked. They just wanted things that weren't worn out or dirty.