I would love to see pictures of them both. You say your mother has already hand quilted them? I think I'm going to finish this with white hexagon pieces to square it up and then a very small border of white and a binding of a mustard color. I'll either machine free motion the orange peel pattern inside each hexi or straight stitch just inside each one OR...hire out hand quilting.
I'm certainly not the expert. But hope this helps.