A bigger pattern

I've been feeling a bit dissatisfied with the progress of my current big project.  This past weekend, after reflecting on the reasons why, I decided that what would help would be to get some bigger, thicker sheets of paper, set one up on my drafting board and try to work out a more complete pattern idea.  I'm not sure that the size of the paper I'm using now satisfies me yet, but it's a start. (24"x 16", possibly.) 

There's an embroidered silk fabric that I've loved for a long time so I thought I'd focus on adapting that pattern so that it could work as a design that could be cut out: imagine the requirements for making a very, very large-scale) stencil.  Here's what it looked like when I sent down my pencil and eraser this afternoon.  (Apologies that the image is so pale but that's just what it looks like right now... I want to keep it light so I can make adjustments as necessary.