Fern pattern, part three

Friday and today I've been working on the fern pattern.  Here's where I was at at the end of this morning's work session:

Although I think the negative space is an interesting shape, I think I would prefer something more regular and symmetrical.  So this afternoon, I decided to scrap the composition of fern leaves that I'm working with, along with the idea that the pattern would roughly form an "X" and try a more traditional design.  Hopefully traditional doesn't mean boring and predictable, as I had originally feared.