Jigsaws

[AbbysMom]

I've done 1,000 piece ones that have been easy and some that are hard. Some brands are tougher than others. I find Bits and Pieces brand to be tough. White Mountain ones tend to be easier but it depends on the picture as well. Check the finished size as well. Some 1,000 piece ones end up being large and I don't know how big of an area you have.

 

[rubysmama]

I'm leaning towards 1000 pieces again, and have found these ones on Amazon that I like.
Do any of them look like they'd be more difficult or less difficult.

Check the finished size as well. Some 1,000 piece ones end up being large and I don't know how big of an area you have.

Good point about the size. I do them on the end of my kitchen table, so only so much space. The tiger one was 54 cm x 38 cm, so even the largest of the 3 above would fit ok, I think. Though the peacock one clearly has the wrong size, but googling found it's 51 x 69 cm.

 

[mani]

I just did this 500 piece one. It's really sweet.

 

[susanm9006]

I started a new puzzle yesterday, one that I bought on Amazon during their Black Friday sales. I like the image but had never heard of this manufacturer out of China, HUADADA, and thought the puzzle might be a waste of money.

Opened it yesterday, beautiful crisp colors, a variety of piece shapes and solid feeling pieces that fit and stay together. A pleasant surprise and big thumbs up. This puzzle also has something I haven’t seen before - The back of each piece is labeled A,B,C,D, each corresponding to a side of the puzzle and sort of a hint system if someone wanted to use that to figure out where pieces might go. I will try not to use that but I can see it might be handy for more difficult puzzles or the last few pieces.

 

[rubysmama]

I finally decided on a puzzle from Amazon. It's a 1000 piece one, and different from the ones I was considering above. It does have cats, as even when I consider something different, I fall back on my love of cats.

The new puzzle arrives tomorrow, however, I can't start it till I finish this 500 piece one, which has turned out to be more difficult than I was expecting.

This puzzle also has something I haven’t seen before - The back of each piece is labeled A,B,C,D, each corresponding to a side of the puzzle and sort of a hint system if someone wanted to use that to figure out where pieces might go. I will try not to use that but I can see it might be handy for more difficult puzzles or the last few pieces.

I saw that letter labeling mentioned in some of the Amazon puzzle reviews. Wonder if you'll end up referencing them, or not.

 

[susanm9006]

I finally decided on a puzzle from Amazon. It's a 1000 piece one, and different from the ones I was considering above. It does have cats, as even when I consider something different, I fall back on my love of cats.

The new puzzle arrives tomorrow, however, I can't start it till I finish this 500 piece one, which has turned out to be more difficult than I was expecting.

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I saw that letter labeling mentioned in some of the Amazon puzzle reviews. Wonder if you'll end up referencing them, or not.

I suspect when I get to the boring last few pieces I may.

 

[rubysmama]

Finished the 500 piece one. Next up is my first 1000 piece one. Looking forward to starting it, but also a bit nervous that I might be in over my head.

 

[rubysmama]

Since it looks like it's going to be a while finishing my 1000 piece jigsaw, maybe I'll post Friday updates. I started on Tuesday, and this is how much I've managed to get done so far. It's tricky, as it will look like the missing piece should be one colour and it turns out to look completely different.

 

[AbbysMom]

Here are some we've completed recently:

This is a Cobble Hill and my first thrift one that was missing a piece. I liked the quality of Cobble Hill

The is "I love New England" by White Mountain. It went really quick:

Another White Mountain one -

 

[rubysmama]

My weekly jigsaw update. Should finish before next Friday, I think.

Sunday:

Tuesday:

Friday:

 

[AbbysMom]

Nice job rubysmama !

Here are our most recent:

 

[susanm9006]

Here is the completed beautiful Huadada puzzle. I would absolutely buy from this puzzle maker again.

 

[rubysmama]

Finished my first 1000 piece jigsaw. It was so much fun watching each of the different cats appear. Took me 16 days, so feel I got good enjoyment value from the money I spent.

Few pics of progress since my last post. It got more difficult when it got down to just the whites and light colours.

SATURDAY:

MONDAY:

TUESDAY:

WEDNESDAY:

COMPLETED:

The box cover, if anyone is interested.

 

[betsygee]

Finished this one yesterday.

 

[susanm9006]

Finished another puzzle and a second time in a row being impressed by the quality of a puzzle maker, Quokka, I knew nothing of. Distributed by a Delaware company, produced in China. Another maker I would definitely buy from again.

 

[betsygee]

Finished another puzzle and a second time in a row being impressed by the quality of a puzzle maker, Quokka, I knew nothing of. Distributed by a Delaware company, produced in China. Another maker I would definitely buy from again.
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Oh, that looks like a fun one, lots of detail!

 

[betsygee]

Finished this one today--so colorful!

 

[susanm9006]

Finished
this one today--so colorful!

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That is a beauty!

 

[AbbysMom]

Finished another puzzle and a second time in a row being impressed by the quality of a puzzle maker, Quokka, I knew nothing of.

I've never heard of them either!

I never want to do another Eurographics puzzle again. This was awful to do. All of the pieces are the same shape and it didn't hold together at all. If you just brushed against it all the pieces came apart.

 

[susanm9006]

I've never heard of them either!

I never want to do another Eurographics puzzle again. This was awful to do. All of the pieces are the same shape and it didn't hold together at all. If you just brushed against it all the pieces came apart.

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Two of my biggest peeves about puzzles - the falling apart when you try to move them just drives me crazy and pieces nearly all the same just annoys me. One other irritating thing, which I have encountered in recent Buffalo games, is puzzle pieces of identical shape so they fit in a spot perfectly but it’s the wrong piece.