Rose_P

Ditto! She has clearly shown you what she likes. I see no need to depart from that by much. It's a quilt in that it has quilted layers. It doesn't look like anything that would demonstrate your talents, but she may actually appreciate it and use it much more happily than she would a more traditional or artistic quilt. A lot of young people are heavily influenced by brand names and what is trendy. It's hard to compete with that.

If there is any way to sound out her attitudes a little more specifically, you may find that she is thinking a homemade version of that store-bought (probably assembly line, foreign made) product is intended as a way for you to save money. If that's the case, you may want to rethink even making them a quilt. Save your talent for someone you know will appreciate it, or delay. Buy some wedding gift off their registry and after you have had a chance to get to know the bride better, make them the quilt that you can be sure will be appreciated later, such as Christmas or their anniversary. If they have a lot of wedding gifts coming in your special quilt might get relatively little notice. You can explain when you present the registry choice that you still intend to make them the quilt, but would like to get to know her and her style a little better first.

Another idea: if you are bent on making a "real" quilt, you could put the simple blocks on the back. Then they would have something that could be reversible, and there would be no better way of demonstrating the difference between the hasty style of that PB quilt and something that will be special and unique. I think I would still keep it somewhat simpler - perhaps a beautiful medallion with a large, plain inner border and a pieced outer border. Coordinating pillows or shams would likely be much appreciated.