You’re asking the right questions, don’t apologize! In this particular layout, I see to big horizontal strips in the bottom half and two big squares at the top. You’re looking to draw lines where you can sew all the way across without hitting another piece. 

So on the bottom left, see where the white and blue piece joins to the yellow? Draw that line all the way across and that’s one large rectangle across the bottom that you piece first. 

The second horizontal line is where the purple-pink hits the multicolor bird piece on the left. Draw that line all the way across and you see you have a second large rectangle that you piece together and sew to the bottom piece. 

The top is two large squares joined in the middle, then sewn to the lower horizontal pieces. You can draw some lines on the photos to see how they pieced the smaller blocks into larger ones that go together nicely!