saturday revamps. And I do appreciate everyone's input. If you know what an amsler grid is, this is what mine looks like. So imagine 4 or 5 spots like this altering my layout if I get more that a few feet from it. Not all layouts need this but since this is a scrap pile my eyes don't know what to make of what it's seeing ;)

I am sorry but I think your border idea is swallowing up your houses..

Know I k ow about a. Amsler grid.

you got it Sharon :) Makes my crazy brain even craizer because I can't trust what I'm seeing. I almost hit buy it now on ebay this morning because something I've had on my search list said 7.00. I turned my head turned back and it was 37.00. yipes.

Garnet, I think you've hit it on the head! I wanted to make improve houses, I should be making improv houses! I've taken all the early dark skyed ones apart and put in the parts department for now, I'll put the tall trees there too. although now that I have accuquilt they are easy to make. another time another project.

Maybe a plainer border? The big triangles seem to overpower the rooftops of the houses.

Maybe rows of houses - a street, field, beach, river - between the rows . Rows of trees along the road.

or pack everything up in a box and think about it later.

I really hate typing on my phone.

I have some new settings ideas, but honestly I'm really overthinking this! as Bear says, I think I'll put them in time out for a bit.
Time perhaps to get out the millions of Colorwash blocks I have while the working wall is empty :) Thank you all for your suggestions!

ok, when adding them to the kaffe bits box, I wondered if these other time-outs would work.
I may be onto something? Those border blocks were in the same box eariler, they are the cut off corners from these blocks you haven't seen yet.
Corners are questionable, but I like the one where the 4 matches make an X rather than 4 on a row. Those crazy blocks seem to calm it down somehow :)

I like it.

Interesting how that worked.

It makes me think of suburbs: little rows of houses with the roads running between them.

ok, quiting time for today, but I'm a happy camper in my little houses. first 3 strips done. Gee seams shrink up things!

To make it come out no bigger than 40" and accomodate an even amount of X's and O's I had to drop the border blocks.
Back in the Kaffe timeout box for them.
Had to reduce the X O blocks to 3.5" to work out with the houses. Didn't want to do that but things change when even numbers of blocks are needed.
But you've now see the way I design quilts, On the working wall, added and subtracting until I can SEE defination and it looks right :)
Next image will be the finished top. thanks for the support. I'll no doubt be back for more help seeing on a new project..