You can come up with similar stitches quilting by hand as Leah Day does with her machine. You can also use some embroidery stitches. One of the prettiest monochromatic quilts I have seen was a crazy patch -- different laces and different tone on tone white, cream, light tan fabrics. It was yummy!! The embroidery stitches made it amazing.
I too would check with Mom to see if the daughter likes the whole cloth or just the monochrome.