There is just one more month to go in Cheryl Arkison’s Quilters Adventure Playcation Treasure Map. This has been a free monthly program of prompts and tutorials on Cheryl’s YouTube channel. It’s really the project that I’ve had the most fun working on this year.

I chose the small format abstract improv option so that I can hang it up in my hallway. This month’s prompt was “X marks the spot” but my abstract Jolly Roger flag’s crossed bones is an in-your-face X. So I opted to make a small red arrow.

Each strip is now pieced, but I’m waiting for the final November prompt to decide on the layout of the strips.

Top to bottom:

Ocean, palm tree, volcano, hidden trap, compass (and a message in a bottle that I added), Jolly Roger, location of the buried treasure. In the bottom row I added the schooner, an illegible note, a “bead” curtain at the pirates hangout, the pirates!! and finally the marker for the hidden treasure.

What will November be? A trail of dropped coins? A trunk with the treasure? Time will tell. Cheryl did tell us it’s bit more complicated design…Can’t wait!