dunster

It is a pretty quilt, and made with love. I like the idea of ties in the open areas.

MamaBear61

I like the idea of adding appliqued things to the "hills" since it really does look like a landscape to me.

lynnsim

I think the appliques sound really neat. However, if you want this to be your mom's quilt, I would just do the binding and maybe add a few hand stitches to keep the batting from bunching. And the label, of course.

shawnemily

GREAT Idea Linda!!!

QuiltE

Ditto ... This is her quilt as his GGM. Her style and her love is what it's all about.

If you start adding to it, I think you just may be multiplying the problems. And taking away from the simplicity of what she chose.

Less is More ... and this is where recognizing it, and binding it, is all that is needed!

ghostrider

I'm with the 'let it be' group. If you add appliqué or machine quilted designs, you are making it your quilt and not your mother's. The design is beautiful, just the way it is and it is clearly from her heart.

If you ask her if you can add some appliqué, of course she'll say yes, but I suspect she'll be sad that you don't like what she made for her great-grandson and think it unworthy. It's just not worth the risk.

She asked for help with the binding, so do that and if it really needs to be made more secure for washing and use, make some very unobtrusive cross-stitches in the open spaces...not knotted floss ties with tufted ends.

Just my 2¢

PJisChaos

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I do appreciate it.
I did talk to her about it and she said that she had wanted to do tiny tacking here and there with a decorative stitch on her machine but just lacks the know-how and time to do it. She doesn't want anything added to it but did ask if I would tack it with a few tiny(like 1/4" size) hearts or bubbles(that match that fabric in the quilt) to give it a tufted look and was very relieved I fixed her binding. She "..just doesn't understand the whole '...trim batting and backing smaller than the top...' part" she read online for front-to-back self-binding. I really love this one she has made, and my grandson, Alex, can't wait to get his new blankie. He is 2 and is very hard on his blankies, that is why I was so worried about it holding up.
So, I will do what she has asked, as it is her quilt and I wanted it to stay that way. She really loved the idea of me adding a label to the back that says it's from her as well, and was very touched that I would do that for her she said. She never even thought to do such a thing. LoL!