Thank you for the kind comments about Dad's quilt. I'm glad it has my QB friends seal of approval :-P Thanks too for the sweet and thoughtful comments about Dad, it's much appreciated.
I originally planned to make the quilt in plaids & stripes thinking it would be more masculine looking. But he wanted bright colors and I love working with brights so it worked for me. :-P
Toomanycats - My feelings exactly on being able to use more scraps :-P