Buttons!

I have been admiring a wall hanging quilt by Lynette Anderson from her book Country Cottage quilting called Garden Scenes Quilt . She uses some hand painted buttons to embellish the design - I haven't been able to find any in the web so having been inspired I decided to design my own quilt with a garden theme and have a go at making my own buttons from Fimo Soft clay. Now I've never made a quilt from start to finish before and have never used Fimo but here goes ....