Thank you, thank you, thank you all for your very warm and inspirational remarks. I`m off to doggy sit for my parents this weekend, and I think I`ll bring my pieces along, the dogs won`t mind
For the great number of you interested in the pattern, this is where I found it (I love google image searches, this was lower on the first page of the search):
http://www.caroldoak.com/free-quilt-patterns.php -
2500 Member Celebration Snowflake
I`d love to see what you all do with it!