Ramshackle ideas

The new Ramshackle I am sampling for development is coming along.
I am working on the idea of showing emotion through house 'characters'.

Here are a couple of samples (not fused, just the cutting so I can try backgrounds.)

Because the other fabrics I want to use are darker, I used the brown print for the sampling.

Now I am trying out different fabrics to see which would work for the background that shows through the line. I don't want to make it too complicated, but I do want to tell a story.