Moving Along the Road to Anywhere

Good morning, dear readers.  I'm getting this project done more quickly than any other I've set out to do in this challenge.  I spent part of an evening earlier in the week cutting maps out of the hiking fabric I purchased.  I kept one map area with the compass intact and pieced in additional map parts until I was happy with the layout.  I was going to hand stitch the pieces onto the background, but decided to try out the zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine.   The effect is interesting and I like it a lot, although it is impossible to see on the following photo.  The extra space on the left side of the page is to accommodate the book's anchoring posts.  I will mark the fabric and do a buttonhole edging around the post holes.

I decided to do a different design on the back of the page.  Since I generally develop patterns that are fairly symmetrical, I opted to experiment with an off-center layout.  I fussy-cut compasses and again played with the positioning until I liked the effect.  Here's the final product, also appliqued onto the background with zig-zag machine stitching.

I had to come home for an eye doctor appointment, so I raided my stash while I was in town and picked up some batting to sandwich between the two sides of the page.  The other pages I completed are fairly hefty, and if I don't add some additional fiber to the page, it will seem flimsy compared to the others.

I was also going to embellish the map page with beads or heaven-knows-what, but I haven't been able to come up with any ideas that I think will work at this point in the project.  I also haven't decided if I should quilt the page or just leave the batting loose.  Since this is an experiment, I am willing to take one step at a time, although adding beads or other embellishments will be a lot easier before I install the batting.  Maybe over the weekend I'll just think about what road I'll take.  Seems like I am at a circle/rotary/round-about.   Isn't that just what I should be expecting on this road to anywhere?