Creative Process

I have this problem, whenever I try to work from someone else's pattern it ends up looking something like this:

Notes, squiggly lines, and different numbers. lol Apparently I just can't leave things alone, I like to think that I am "making them better" I think the truth is just that I am making it more complicated. All I know for sure is that the squiggly lines up there are turning out to be one super cute baby bootie. :)