Karen, I'm glad you asked, becasue all these ideas are getting me thinking..... ;)
Originally Posted by Peckish
Oh my gosh I LOVE flannel quilts! You can make lots of quilts with flannel, as long as the patches are simple (as Holice said), or large.
Bonnie Sullivan designs flannel fabrics and quilts, here are a few ideas. I've made the "Plaid About You" (the 9-patch pictured below) quilt 3 times, everybody LOVES that quilt. She has lots of pictures that might inspire you on her website here:
http://allthroughthenight.net/All_qu...current_page=1
(ETA: obviously I like the quilts with dark backgrounds, but she has lighter-colored quilts too)
Peggi, I was wondering where Bonnie Sullivan finds so many of those wonderful flannels. Our JoAnn's carries nothing like that and I've not seen any in the quilt shops either. My favorite one on her web site was this one: