Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana

You never know when a thread on this board can be very important to someone.

To explain.....I am a retired accountant. <snip>

If it were me, I would make what most young people going to college want. Find fabrics for the university he is going to or just use the colors in a simple pattern and put the letters of the school in the middle. This way, if he changes his major, he won't have to continually explain the quilt, and he will ALWAYS love the school quilt. So will everyone he goes to school with. Make sure you put his name or initials predominately somewhere on the quilt where it can't be gotten rid of easily.