Smile, I did the buttons with knots on a bedisze quilt and it took forever, or so I thought. Then when I put it on the bed my puppy thought the buttons were just for her and better that a doggie bone. I do like the look of the buttons in the squares corners and the knots on the back. I mostly quilt in the ditch and am just now getting so that I seldom "jump the ditch". I do all my own quilting. Whatever suits me at the time.