Many thanks for all of your expert help and advice, this will be one of my many projects for 2011. I got the panel from Fabric Depot in the US it is really beautiful, I look forward to bringing it "To Life" with my quilting. I will post a photograph when it is finished.
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year, in Melbourne Australia we are going to have a fine sunny day 28 degrees C or 86degrees F for Christmas Day.
Regards
Christmas Carol