Thanks for all the kind words. I'm going to try to answer all your questions at once.
The pattern is Ribbon Quilt Block and the link to it on Quilter's Cache is:
http://www.quilterscache.com/R/RibbonQuiltBlock.html
You better love to make HSTs or it is not the pattern for you. Can't tell you how sick of them I was by the end...
Yes the quilt does have big feet - size 14! No, the bare feet is not a southern thing - he goes to college and lives in NY, so not a southern boy.
I was born in Niagara Falls, grew up in Rochester and lived in the Binghamton area just prior to moving to NC. My parents live in Penn Yan so I am up that way often.
Again, thanks for all your nice comments.