From Painting to Quilt

I have been frustrated at my inability to work on the projects that I have hanging on my design wall.  My biggest sewing problem is that my left wrist doesn't work so I can't use my rotary cutter at all.  You need two hands for that.  Ugh!  My right shoulder doesn't work too well either, but in spurts I can use my right arm.  Anyway, I am going to try to make something that does not require a rotary cutter.  Here's my plan.  I am going to take a section of a painting that my daughter made and turn it into a quilt.  Doesn't that sound fun?

Molly, my daughter, was visiting with my new and super adorable grandson yesterday.  I was painting and so she joined me.  I threw my painting in the trash because it stunk....really stunk.  Her painting, however, showed some potential, so I cropped it down till I found a piece that I thought would be asthetically pleasing and make a nice quilt.  Then I blew that little piece up to about an 8x10 and traced it onto acetate.  My traced design looks very complicated, kind of like a paint by number, so I may need to simplify it a bit.  I'm not sure.  Tomorrow I will look at it again and adjust it where necessary.  Next week I will take my design to Staples and have them blow it up to....well....I don't know exactly what size yet.

Anyway,  check back next week.  I will know by then what size my quilt will be, will have blown it up and will start making my templates.  The quilt will be almost entirely machine appliqued....no rotary cutter needed. Now, lets see how many minutes I can use a scizzors before being put out of commission.  Lol.  I am so stinkin determined!!!