THEME:   second word of a term for fabric design is linked with a third word that makes a two-word phrase   
GOOD ONES:     Volume with a plaid pattern   MADRASCHECK BOOK [checkbook]   
Pupil's place   UVEA [not desk]   
Letters from your parents   DNA   
Collection to burn   CD'S [two ways: recording to a CD is called "burning"; with MP3 (I-Pod) they are no longer needed so can be discarded]   
Leading man?   ADAM   
Brest friend   AMIE [I read it "Best"]      
BTW:   Twice 
vier   ACHT [ACH!]      
Neck tissue   TONSIL [it's throat tissue]      
Bust gp.   DEA [could also be FBI, CIA, ATF, ICE, BPD, probably a bra corp., or even GYN, or NEA (art sculture)]      
One taken to court   CASE [two kinds: legal and attache]      
RATING: 
 
  
   Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun