Filling time 11-09-20

I don't think I have worked a jigsaw puzzle by myself for at least 25 years.  I've been to someone's house where they invited me to join in on their puzzles.  I had an online puzzle addiction for some years, but that is an entirely different process.  This one came from friend Carol and friend Liz worked in and returned it.  I thought I would just give it a try.  

It is a wooden puzzle from Great Britain and the pieces are quite small, I have a hard time picking them up with my arthritic hands.  

 It is only 250 pieces so it will easily fit on this tray when completed.   I'm verrrry slow, it may take me a week.  

Or more!

There are what they call "whimsy" pieces which aren't hard to match up with their mates, but since they don't interlock it isn't easy to keep them together.   I don't think this will become a new hobby, just something to pass the time right now.

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Puzzling occupation 05-14-15

I do Jigzone jigsaw puzzles almost every day - they are relaxing and challenging; I am a "medium" puzzle solver online.  But I haven't worked on an actual cardboard puzzle for years.  So, when I arrived in San Juan Bautista and found that Mary had a puzzle in progress, I couldn't resist.  It was even more of a temptation since the subject was one of Ruth McDowell's quilts.  The quilt "Blue Tree" was made in 1990 and the puzzle produced by C&T Publishing in 1997.  It is a hard puzzle, if only 550 pieces, because of all the plaid fabrics used in the background.  Five people worked on it and Mary and I finished it the night before I left to drive on to Oregon. 

 

Mary has this great "pan" she used for dyeing that makes a great puzzle table.

Two other contributors were Mary's daughter Linda and g'girl Heather.

"Blue Tree"  Ruth McDowell 1990  75"W x 78.5"L

"I'm looking for a red piece with a little green on the corner."

 

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