a Quilter Family Jigsaw Journal

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My first Soonness puzzle was wonderful — the image of “Takoyaki“, by Rowon, is perfectly tailored to Ash’s interests (cooking! cats! small street food stands),…

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Another beautiful 500-piece puzzle from Art & Fable, “Twilight in Umbria” by Paul Jorgensen.

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Did another in the fun eeBoo “Piece and Love” series of “Alchemists’ Stuff” by Vasilisa Romanenko. It was another 1000-piece, this one “Alchemist’s Kitchen.” I…

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I have no idea where this puzzle came from — it was in our downstairs stack of puzzles, with a lot of pieces that were…

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Loved this retro-style xmas puzzle, “Merry Cactus“, art by Shea O’Connor, from Jiggy (800 pieces). Jiggy is expensive (although the sale really helped!) and there…

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I got a few new puzzles from Wentworth, and in need of a relatively short solve, I pulled out the 240-piece “Frosted Fir Tree”, with…

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Finished this 121-piece Elms hand-cut puzzle of an Eric Dowdle image, “Brooklyn Bridge“, cut by “Kristin”. It was part of a Hoefnagel pack, both of…

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“Bloomington Gothic“, based on “American Gothic” by Grant Wood, derivative work by Joe Lee, in Indiana. Hand-cut by Press Puzzles, and in a puzzle pack…

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I’m really loving the Art & Fable puzzles. I finished a 500-piece today, “The Birth of a Dream“, art by Maria Brzozowska.

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This one has been sitting on my shelf for years! It was a winter holiday gift for the family, but we didn’t get to it…

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My first Jiggy Puzzles puzzle — “Gloria and Angela“, 450 pieces. Really loved the “Gloria & Angela” art by Shirin Godhrawala; the style — with…

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Really enjoyed this Halloween puzzle by Ravensburger, “Happy Halloween“, art by Demelsa Haughton, 1000 pieces. Zeniba and Bastet also enjoyed it.

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Another of Vasilisa Romanenko‘s “Alchemist” series from eeBoo, “Alchemist’s Cabinet” is 1000-pieces, collage style. Glossy and strip-cut, and you can catch any false fits with…

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Loved this 500-piece puzzle from Art & Fable, based on the Bakemono no e (“Illustrations of Supernatural Creatures”), aka Bakemono zukushie, from the Edo period.…

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Mosaic, “Autumn Tea Time“, art by Meredith Dillman, 500 piece. First, I loved the art by Meredith Dillman. Tea! Kitsune! Like Disney’s animated Maid Marian…

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Beautiful cat and Persian rug puzzle from Stave, via Hoefnagel — “Purrsian Rug” (art by Candy Thun), 100-piece trick puzzle. Not the typical puzzle —…

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Ash and I did a 500-piece Bits & Pieces, “Vintage Halloween”, “Finchley Paper Arts” — are these vintage-style Halloween images? or actual vintage images assembled…

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Really enjoyed this 1000-piece Magnolia puzzle, “W-Woman“, by Romi Lerda. I think this is my first Magnolia puzzle? It was really excellent — my only…

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Ash and I knocked off a 500-piece “Bits & Pieces” puzzle, “Ready for Prom“, art by Kerri Ambrosino. We loved the art (her other art…

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This 1000 piece puzzle from SunsOut, “Manniquin”, art by Susan Brabeau, is so hilarious to me. It wasn’t a hard puzzle exactly, although there were…