Originally Posted by
suziehammond
One point you might want to take into serious consideration. You do all this massive work and then throw it on the bed to discover that all that cool graphic motion is utterly lost!
This is a huge consideration! I made a king-size quilt with the most wonderful "bubbling up" motion in it - on the drawing board and hanging over my balcony. But when I flopped it onto the bed, it lost ALL that bubbling up! It's still a pretty quilt, because of the '30's fabrics and the white-on-white/white-on-natural mix of prints. But the beautiful motion is GONE on the bed.
So, I'd definitely recommend to keep it a wall-size.
I would first try the wholecloth with fabric paints approach and second, the fused applique approach.
If you can get the design printed on giant paper at Kinko's, you can use a tiny bit of Elmer's washable school glue to tack the ovals fusible-side up to the paper. Then just press your background fabric to the fusible shapes. They'll be all laid out precisely for you.
Good luck! Hope you do this one and share pictures!