I do NOT use beads/buttons/etc. as many of my quilts will go to children and I want nothing they can get off and choke on. I've seen children in the ER that have chocked to death because someone left a blouse (or other object) that had items that could be pulled off by the child chewing on it snd getting the item in their mouth. They were not always babies. 2 were almost 7yrs and they did it as a dare by a friend. We lost both of these kids. The mother was in the kitchen cooking lunch.