Went on with patched doorstop today, but have I need to sew on a zip and will probably get the sewing machine out to do that, and that will have to wait until the weekend.  I sewed on some pink/white buttons to the patched front of the doorstop.  I made the handle in a different way than suggested on the pattern.  Instead of folding the two pieces and sewing them together on the sewing machine, I sewed the two pieces of fabric together and turned the tube inside out.  I need to iron it flat, but it seems OK.