Oh, my word! What a treasure! Excellent choice of fabrics! A nature lover would enjoy this quilt at any age, I would think. My husband made a pond in the backyard, and we'd enjoy a pattern like that. We sometimes forget that hand quilting is always an option for people who don't want to struggle with a large quilt under their domestic machine, or don't want to pay someone else to quilt. :-) Hand quilting can be beautiful, and can be done successfully with a hoop, if you don't have access to a frame or room for one. Anyway, a simple frame is very easy to make.