Work in Progress Wednesday

The Trixie blocks. This project needs a little background. When I was young, Trixie Belden was my favorite book character. I think she still is. She and her friends were members of The Bobwhites of the Glen. I read and reread the 39 mystery books in the series. You can see a list of the books here on Wikipedia.

In the summers of 2003 and 2004, I joined other Trixie fans, all adults, to attend “Trixie Camp”. The camps were held somewhere the books were set and were planned by group members, going to places and doing things the Bobwhites did in the books. I only attended twice, but it was held other years too. 

Someone had the idea to make quilts. Each participant was to make multiples of the same block which had some connection to Trixie, and send them to a coordinator of the project, who would divide them up and send them out, so each participant would have one of each block. I received 14 blocks, plus two extra of mine. I think two people must have dropped out before making their blocks. The blocks were supposed to be 8.5 inches square, so they would finish at 8 inches. None of them, including mine, are the proper size. Mine is the blue and gray block in the lower left of the picture. It represents The Mystery of the Blinking Eye, which took place in New York City.

I haven’t known what to do with them, so I did nothing. Now I think I will even them all at 8 inches square. I hate to cut off the points of the two star blocks, but I think it can’t be helped. I briefly thought about adding a little border around each one, but decided that would be a nightmare. Many are made with odd materials, two have some kind of iron-on plastic stuff, one has little pompoms, one has beads, one has velour and suede. You get the idea. Maybe I will have something more to show soon…