a Quilter Family Jigsaw Journal
October 2025
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Mid-Century Modern Dream Home by Diane Dempsey (Cobble Hill 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Mid-Century Modern Dream Home by Diane Dempsey (Cobble Hill 1000)Another fun Diane Dempsey mid-century modern style illustration, from Cobble Hill. A fast pleasurable solve.
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Winter Boughs by Laura McElfresh (Bewilderness)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Winter Boughs by Laura McElfresh (Bewilderness)Bewilderness (and at Etsy), 160 wooden pieces, tesselations. “Winter Boughs” by Laura McElfresh. Okay, wow, this was hard. A good third or half the pieces…
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Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater (Galison 500)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater (Galison 500)So glad I dropped the Cross & Glory AI puzzle and set up this Galison double-sided 500-piece puzzle, of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” (I really…
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puzzle abandoned
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1–2 minutesRead More: puzzle abandonedI couple of years ago I ran across “Cross & Glory” which, admittedly, had a bit of a scary name, but they said it was…
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Tbilisi Square by David Martiashvili (Magnolia 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Tbilisi Square by David Martiashvili (Magnolia 1000)Loved the art, loved the puzzle — it was almost as “velvety” as Art & Fable. Really nice. The one problem is that the art…
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Harlequin Boardwalk by Ray Powers (SunsOut 500)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Harlequin Boardwalk by Ray Powers (SunsOut 500)A quick solve — “Harlequin Boardwalk” by Ray Powers (https://www.raypowersart.com/ , https://raypows.piwigo.com , and https://raypows.piwigo.com/index?/category/52-puzzle_art ) — 500 pieces. The SunsOut puzzle cut is so…
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A Budtender in His Shop (Workman 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: A Budtender in His Shop (Workman 1000)“A Budtender in His Shop” — parody of “A Goldsmith in His Shop” (1449) by Dutch Renaissance painter Peter Christus (1410/1420 – c. 1475/1476), but…
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Franklin Carmichael Collection (Cobble Hill 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Franklin Carmichael Collection (Cobble Hill 1000)I really loved this puzzle! Cobble Hill Puzzles, 1000-piece, “Carmichael Collection” in the “Canadian Artist Series”. Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945), member of the Group of Seven,…
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Let the Outside In by Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins (Pomegranate 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Let the Outside In by Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins (Pomegranate 1000)I picked this up on sale a while back, and pulled it out of my backlog for its surrealist autumnal vibes. It wasn’t difficult, but…
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Ghost Garden by Catriona Crehan (Wentworth 500)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Ghost Garden by Catriona Crehan (Wentworth 500)I really fell in love with this image when I saw it, but admittedly was a little disappointed when I looked around at Catriona Crehan…
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Agatha’s Apothecary by Helen Black (WerkShoppe 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Agatha’s Apothecary by Helen Black (WerkShoppe 1000)Another from my backlog (it will embarrassing to ultimately search all the posts with the word “backlog” — I went a little nuts in 2023-2024…
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Dia de los Muertos by Candy Mayer (Hennessy 1000)
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1–2 minutesRead More: Dia de los Muertos by Candy Mayer (Hennessy 1000)Loved this “Dia de los Muertos” puzzle from Hennessy Puzzles (art by Candy Mayer). I love Hennessy’s whole collection and would happily do all of…
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Circles by Coral Bourgeois
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1–2 minutesRead More: Circles by Coral BourgeoisAnother of the puzzles from AreYouGame, this one “Circles” by Coral Bourgeois, in 309 pieces. There are not whimsies precisely, but there are some spirograph-like…
