Thanks so much everyone. :-D
All those who express an interest in the pattern I am putting on a list and will PM you all when it's ready.
Joanne, I might enter this in the Festival of Quilts in August if I get it done in time - I plan to do some fairly serious FMQ and beadwork on the finished piece. If I get the pattern prepared before then I will make it available in the hope that others will take the basic piecing and applique then make it their own with their own take on the quilting and embellishments! :-D
The lady with EQ and the bambi eyes 8-) - I'm planning to issue this as a pattern to include the PP foundations and my own applique templates. :D