A tisket, a tasket

Hand applique is never going to be my "thing," but it's always good to dust off old skills once in a while, to remind them that they've not been forgotten.  I'm trying to catch up on Pat Sloan's Solstice Challenge and have been working on the center basket for block 5 tonight.  This was not helped by Squiddle cutting into the bottom section of the basket while I was working on the handle.  My own fault - I left the fabric and scissors near him, and he had his first experience with using scissors at one of his classes this week.  Fortunately I had more of the fabric, and now I know to keep my scissors out of his reach!