Planning Tanishas Quilt

Ive been so worried about starting Tanishas purple quilt...
ive been gathering fabrics, and cutting them into strips.
got notes from a friend on french braid. i separated
the purples by their base color... blue purples in 1 stack..
pinky purples in another. thought i can make
alternating rows between the 2 for a complete design. :D
needed a visual of my plan.. SOoooooo....
lol I spent a couple hours in photoshop with the image of drawn
(wasnt bad, she said wonky drawing, but looked fine for it :D)
pattern and proceeded to butcher it by making 56 copies
of the image. i paint bucketed in shades of each set from
pale to almost black. Lined them up with narrow
strips of black and blend (paint bucket with brushes

over it).... I didnt bother changing the colors
for the center squares.. i was thinking
embroidered flowers :D
Its VERY crooked and rather sad looking...

but i got my visual... only thing i do notice that i left
out is i should put a top and bottom strip of black
with the pattern (like the sides) before adding
the outer borders... I figure as pitiful as the visual is...
the quilt should be gorgeous :D So.. im off to cut more strips
:D