Elle, we aren't going to start anything, yet, officially. Some over-achievers - whom will all remain anonomous - are just talking about getting started. We won't actually be starting to work on AOTH until June 5 - officially!!! We all need this time to get closer to the goal of finishing up our Baby Janes.
I have just been trying out the method I thought might work for transfering the design onto the background fabric. It's dark by the time I get home from work, so using my "light box" won't work. Sometimes I revert back to my old school ways. This is one of them.
I pinned the background block to the back side of the printed pattern. I had determined the center of the block by creasing the fabric both ways. I stuck a pin into the center of the fabric, then into the center of the pattern. I lined up the block so that it was square to the pattern & pinned on 2 opposite sides of the pattern/block. Then I slipped a piece of white dressmaker's tracing paper, with the waxy stuff against the fabric, in between the pattern & fabric. I used a knitting needle as a stylus to trace the lines of the design. You don't need to trace all of them as most of them will be covered up by pieces layered on top of them. Just need to set out the lines for the bottom pieces placement.
Last night I traced the first block's pieces onto fusible. That's as far as I got. I didn't want to be tempted to go any further. JJ still needs to be quilted! Oh, but those batiks are calling my name!