WELL I NEVER :shock:
I can't believe how much everyone likes this little thing and I thank you all dearly for your lovely comments :D :D : :D
Rhonda: I layered it, batting, backing R/S up, Top R/S down, and stitched around leaving the bottom open, turned inside out, then tucked the bottom up and slipped stitched it closed by hand. As I only thought about the tassle afterwards (remembered how Karla did hers :D ) I had to loop up the extra length of cord and sort of made a bow with it on the flower pot...THEN I remembered in class we learned how to make our own tassle with embroidery threads and I made one in burgundy that would have been better, as this one is a bit too big really :D :D
For everyone who seems to be daunted by the miniatures, trust me paper piecing is the way, reduce your stitch length right down to 1.0 use 1/8"seams, and use an open toe foot so you can see well, and Bob's your uncle!! :D