Where do I go from here?

After coming up with 2 or 3 ink paintings I actually liked, it occurred to me that I had some wonderful Japanese fabrics purchased at the European Patchwork Meeting this year in Alsace, France. http://www.patchwork-europe.com/?lang=en
So, I stuck several pieces up on my kitchen wall and, well... What now? Should I just attack with my rotary, and hope for the best? I do like spontaneity but this seemed a bit reckless. I needed a plan.
I have dozens of quilting books with plans but I didn't want to stay with a traditional quilting design which I find too restrictive. I need freedom and spontaneity with order, my buzzword for the moment. I tend to do work which is very spontaneous but often chaotic, which explains why I often only like small portions of my pieces. So, the never ending question of how to get from A to B arose.

So I decided to get a map, I chose EQ6. http://www.electricquilt.com/ . EQ6 is quilting software which allows all types of quilt design, from traditional to contemporary, from basic coloring in the blocks to design all your own pieces. You can import images as well as your own fabrics. I bought this software about a year ago and did all the tutorials which took about a week. However, when I tried to import my fabrics the results were less than perfect. I think I jumped on to another project at that point and forgot about it. So when I got the book back out I wasn't sure what I could expect. I spent the whole day Friday practicing scanning and importing fabrics which has become easy for me now. The results are fantastic, I can now use all of these images to compose with on my computer screen rather than my kitchen wall. I am able to re size pieces, overlap, adjust value, print, start over, try in purple etc. And I haven't cut into a single piece of fabric yet!

I've included a "rough draft " of my intended composition, there are still some fabric decisions to be made, but basically the composition holds. This was my intention. Once assembled I'll be able to make the fine tuning decisions. I will post the final results this week.