What a fantastic puzzle. This one was hard. But I liked it a lot. Such rich, bright colors and intricate detail. I didn’t notice until partway done that the ins and outs of the pattern are different on each side- a line that goes under on the left, goes over on the right- if you look close you start to see it all over. So that was fun, and made it a tad easier to figure out where some pieces went. This one is a standard ribbon cut, basic shape variety. I didn’t mind at all, the colors and complexity of the image made up for simplicity of the piece cut.
I found a bit more than halfway through, once I got all the greens and oranges in place, there was definitely a missing piece. Made a replacement, mid-process.
It’s not my best.
The lines of the drawing don’t quite line up, the green and blues aren’t dark enough. From a distance it’s not immediately noticeable though, so I am satisfied it’s better than having a hole in the puzzle. I might make another attempt at a better patch later on.
Finished size 26 x 18.5″. Assembly!
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This was cute and colorful. I’ve never had a missing piece in my puzzles so I never had to make a piece but it’s interesting task, I supposed.
I noticed you have been reading books with animals and now a puzzle with peacocks and there was the puzzle with animal shapes. Coincidence? Probably not.
Have a lovely day.
Having to make your own piece made me wonder if it would be fun to make your own puzzle. I bet they sell blank white ones, someone could make their own pictures and designs on it.
I’ve seen blank puzzles that you can draw on with markers or colored pencil, but they’re always small (less than fifty pieces) and poor quality (thin tagboard, not decent thickness). I know you can get custom printed puzzles (expensive!) but I’d never want to make a whole puzzle like this, cutting out individual pieces with scissors, ha! It’s very tricky. Fine to replace one or two pieces though.