You can also just temporarily stick the paper down to the quilt and quilt right through it and then tear it away. Just pick paper that is thin so it's easy to tear. Regular printer paper is not the best for this - there is printable newsprint you can buy that's pretty cheap.
You can pin it down to the quilt, or I just use a glue stick! Works great. I haven't tried spray basting glue but I betcha that would work too.
All the other methods I can think of involve tracing, which sounds like a bad option for you!