Gosh, that's a terrific mug rug! How did you get the satin stitching so perfect? I always get pokies.
The satin edge was part of the design. I used tear-away stabilizer. The fuzzies, I lightly touched with a lighter, then used a sharpy marker that was close to the same color to color the edge. I guess you could uses a wash-away stabilizer also and then there should be no pokies if you trimmed it close before the satin stitch.
My bet is, she'll love it and think of you every time she sees it/Lillian