Thanks to everyone that commented with suggestions on how to finish off this Basket Quilt UFO.  I had a deadline, and I actually made the deadline.  I almost forgot to show it at the meeting because I had so much more on my mind that day.  Several key members couldn’t be there, and I was trying to do all my stuff and theirs too.  Thank you to my friend, Karen, who reminded me about it during Show and Tell.  So, here it is!

I decided to use wool felt for the flowers. Looking at the pantograph I used to quilt the base layer, those flowers looked like just the right size. Using template plastic, I cut out some yellow ones.

But, I thought more color would look better once I got started. So, pink and blue. The blue ones could be Bachelor Buttons. Oh, buttons for the centers!

I matched up some larger buttons with the flowers. Then I hand sewed a button to the center of each flower. After those were done, I hand stitched them to the quilt.

I hid all the knots under the flowers, and there is just the smooth stitch on the back, so it hardly shows!

From even a short distance, those stitches cannot be easily seen.

Scattering the colors around, I tried to make it look random.

Overall, it wasn’t my first choice of how to do the flowers, but a deadline is a motivating thing. After seven years of looking at it, it is done. Finished is better than perfect any day, LOL!!

On to the next project! Have you ever had a quilt where you are just happy to have it done? Any long term UFOs in your stash?