Thank you for responding. The 2 men in this house had an opposite opinion, but what do they know, they're non quilters, and one even thinks blue is blue, that's it, blue
The comment about her smiling from above is causing me to share a little more of the story:
My husband's dad was her only son, and when he was a teen, somehow he caused the auto accident that killed her husband, so she took over running the coal company her husband had. She was a more 'refined' woman, and when her son was involved with a girl form the mountains of WVa, to the point of her becoming pregnant, and he married her, she always accepted her but, beings they were so different, she gave subtle signs she did not accept her or what she considered her stupidity, or her son for that matter. But she adored the 4 grandsons that came along, my husband being the first. So much so,in her will she left 1/2 to her son, and the other half divided by her 4 grandsons.
We had many common interests, I know we would have been great friends. To me, this type of stitching looks more 'country' and using it is sort of demonstrating a blend of her 'city' to her DIL, and my son, 'country.' Hopefully, she is smiling. (I have a couple of her finished quilts, that demonstrate her fine quilting stitches)