a Quilter Family Jigsaw Journal

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From my backlog, “Brand New Day” by Clare Youngs, WerkShoppe 1000. Fun! and easy!

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I was attracted by Joy LaForme’s “Autumn on Bow Bridge”, and I did enjoy assembling this piece … but oh, Galison, why did you make…

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Gorgeous artwork — “Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek)” by Ken Gun Min, which made for an amazing puzzle from Kinstler. What a fun…

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Another fun Diane Dempsey mid-century modern style illustration, from Cobble Hill. A fast pleasurable solve.

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I 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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“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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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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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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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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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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Man, this was super challenging. “Shakespearean Insults“, from the Unemployed Philosophers Guild — a 1000 piece puzzle. Pale blue and dark blue and black text,…

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A collage of vintage Paris iconography (dominated by la Tour Eiffel), assembled by Tina Higgins (possibly this Tina Higgins, at MHS Licensing, who is a…

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I love Charley Harper art — nature scenes, plus geometric shapes, bright colors — and love the Pomegranate puzzles of Charley Harper. This one was…

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Oh the pain — a missing piece, right from the border! I’m sure this piece is somewhere in my couch or nearby — but on…

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Possibly my first Elena Essex puzzle? Very pretty, and very fast — it’s an autumnal-themed color wheel, and was a nice fast assembly.

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I’d had this 1000-piece puzzle (“Mid Summer Night Dream” by Enzhao Liu) from Antelope for a while, and was leery of doing it because it…

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I loved this painting of a totem pole and crow by Terry Isaac (and look, Terry also includes a page highlighting puzzle adaptations!) and it…

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My first Cloudberries. I’ll admit, I don’t get it — I had the impression that Cloudberries was sort of a cut above, but it feels…