Thank you every one your lovely comments are inspiring me.
The quilt that I fell in love with was made by one of our Guild Members and she very kindly sold me the remainder of the fabric she had for her quilt. I thought it might be too like her quilt but she insisted that it would look completely different and so far she is so right.
the Book it comes from is called Art Nouveau Garden by Claire Oehler and Nancy Mirman. It shows the quilt on a quite background which doesn´t do it justice.
Using batiks makes it glow and you are right it does look like a painting.
I will post as I go along so you can see what I mean by the shadow designs.
Elle