Thread idea sprouted from a different thread. Seems like a fair number of brides want the grooms in fly plaids of some kind, but really except for the groom's wedding day he will likely never again in his life have an opportunity to actually wear the fool thing.

So, liek the title says, what do you or could you do with yours after the bride's day?

I'll start. I couldn't think of anything to do with the typical one square meter fly commonly available online these days. I instead chose to make a half belted plaid like Matt Newsome recreated, using two meters of double wide. I purled it myself, finished dimensions about 56 x 80 inches.

Now that the wedding is over it is hanging in a closet, but with the colder months upon us I will soon stealthily move the thing to the car.

Should my bride complain of a chill this autumn I will produce the cloth (I folded my pleats but did nto sew them down) and wrap my bride in it for the ride home. She happens to be less than 80 inches tall and less than 56 inches around.

In the future I can see our wedding plaid used perhaps as a communion table cloth at the wedding of one of our children. It took a month of my free time to purl the fool thing, it is staying in the family a while.