Plaid Tail Feathers Quilt

 A few years ago I bought a fat quarter bundle of Moda's Dad's Plaids

I knew I wanted to use it with this pattern

After making this quilt

And this quilt

I knew I wanted one dedicated to plaids. I redrafted the pattern to decrease the block size to 9" and pulled plaids from my stash to scrap things up a bit:

I ended up with 45 different plaids. 90 blocks later I had enough for a 9x10 layout. I handed it off to Jackie and Sandy to quilt some magic into it using a Modernish #4 pattern with a Baguette colored thread

I don't know what it is about plaid, but boy howdy, do I love this quilt!

I used plaid on the back too because if you're going to make a plaid quilt, you may as well go all in:

I think I had a big grin on my face the entire time I worked on the binding. 

I probably should have made it a little smaller because  at 83 x 92 it's almost too big for a cuddle quilt. But then it occurred to me that it would be perfect as quilt #1 for the friend of ours that asked me to make a few quilts for him. I'm pretty smitten with this quilt so I had better get it to him before I become even more attached to it. Good thing I've got leftovers because if one plaid quilt brings this much joy, just imagine what making another one will do!