Start with a built-up cloth.  Decide ‘it’s too busy’.

remember this? WIP pinned to finished quilt

Split, divide, rearrange, extend, amplify, simplify, repopulate, weave and KABOOM, back to chaos.  Here is the journey in pictures.

cut in half – Left side

cut in half – Right side

extending borders, adding another nine patch

extending edges; adding back color and form

Speaking of the desire for simplicity – I am just loathing wordpress right now.  Why can’t I just insert pictures and easily move them around?!

Stuck with some chaos for now it seems.  Choosing it, even.