A dear lady who just passed away at age 98 used to embroider cup towels for all our brides - one for each day of the week. She also made simple quilts for our grads. My kids who graduated in '98 and '00 got quilts and my daughter got the towels when she married in 2002. She became unable to keep this up a few years ago so I started trying to step into her shoes. I don't do embroidery - unless it's to embellish a bit on a quilt - so quilts for the grads and right now quilts for the brides who got missed in the years when no one was doing the grad quilts. Don't think I'll make one for brides who also got a grad quilt. Have to figure out something else that can be a "tradition".
I like the idea of a touch of leopard to remind her of her "early style" days. I had someone offer to marry again if she could have a quilt. LOL.