the bigger picture

ding, ding, ding!  rebekah’s right!  the quilt is for a third human member of our family!

but there’s a little more to the story than you might assume.  look at the previous hints for close-ups of the embroidery (here’s a better picture of the stitched circle in the third row):

can you read our story in this quilt?  send interpretations to carissaabc[at]gmail[dot]com.   i promise i won’t tease you much longer.  correct interpretations will win a small reward!