Sounds like a really ambitious project, maybe even ground-breaking. I would study the methods online about how to make watercolor quilts and landscape quilts. Also I would think about getting a pic of what I want to quilt with a low number of pixels to help show how to position the blocks. How much detail are you wanting in your quilt? That will influence what you do. Those are my thoughts. Not very helpful.
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