All finished. Our October project with the neighbor girl was button trees. They basted the felt trunk onto the cotton backing and then sewed the buttons on in criss-cross fashion.  The backs are not beautiful. They did not knot and restart each button because the stitching was doable and knots and rethreading was…not.  But hey, for 6, 7, and 8 year olds I was impressed. 

To finish we (the me part of we) trimmed and glued the fabric to the inner hoop. This is the same technique you use for framing patterned fabric or tea towels etc. with embroidery hoops.