I’ve taken off on a bit of an adventure of my own in the Quilters Playcation Adventure Sew Along hosted by Cheryl Arkison.

I’ve been worried for months that Cheryl might add a compass block. Makes sense to have a compass if you are hunting for buried treasure on an island. I’m thinking circles and tricky triangles placed around it. Doable? Yes, indeed. But I was dreading it. So, while Cheryl is taking August off from designing this monthly project, I decided to design a compass on my own. I chose a raw edge appliqué technique used by Carolyn Friedlander for her “Dino Patch” quilt that is in Cheryl Arkison’s book, You Inspire Me to Quilt.

I had used Caroline’s technique in 2015 to make patches of dog friends & family for one of my all-time favorite quilt projects! So I knew I could use it to design a compass block. And while I was doing that, I decided to also add a block with message-in-a-bottle…just in case a misadventure occurred while searching for the pirate’s treasure. At least maybe someone would find the bottle and get my side of the story about the treasure hunt!

These two blocks were so much fun to make. And now have a third block in this online project that is my own creation. (The other one is the booby trap. The block design is my own but it is based on Cheryl’s prompt for that month).

Check out the hashtag #qpadventuresewalong2023 on Instagram if you want to see what other quilters have been doing!