Quilt30,
I normally am very protective of my IP, but with this going into my guild show (where there are no measures whatsoever taken to protect copyrights) I'll probably just add it to GNU as copyleft. But right now it's still in progress & I'm not comfortable sharing designs I'm still working on. I think I'm going to try to do my Art Deco-inspired design. It's sort of like a cathedral window design. The colored parts will be mostly quilted with filler -- but I'm thinking about adding motifs in some of them. It's just applique & quilting (I detest piecing work).
I'm just not good enough to be able to visualize how something small will look on a larger scale. So I'm trying to figure out whether (1) graph tracing paper would be more helpful because it would give me landmarks to ensure consistency in my design's shapes & sizes or whether it would be more confusing with all the extra lines possibly distracting from the design, (2) if there is any benefit to using a color other than white, (3) if a certain weight of vellum is too thin & prone to tearing or too thick & difficult to see through, (4) if rolls are better than sheets. I saw an online teacher who designed with tracing paper & thought I'd give it a try; I had no idea there were so many different kinds of tracing paper out there.