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Stephen King Books In Progress…

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Stephen King Books (?) – Unknown Brand – 1000 pieces

While I like the image of this one, it’s the absolute worst quality cardboard puzzle I’ve worked with in quite some time. It’s almost as frustrating to assemble as the bad quality wooden Crafthub puzzles I completed earlier in the summer.

This must be a Chinese knockoff, quickly produced without any care taken towards quality. So far it’s missing one piece and there is an extra corner. In addition it’s incredibly thin, so thin that it’s hard for me to even pick up the pieces from my board or the trays that I keep them in. The fit is horrid and not even two pieces can be picked up together to move; it’s important to assemble the pieces close to where they will be placed or there will be a struggle to move them without everything coming apart.

I’m pretty sure this one will be completed today, I’m motivated to finish it quickly and get it off my board so I can start working on a puzzle with better quality – I’d even be willing to work on a Ceaco if that’s all I had here! 😂

Antique Market In Progress…

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Antique Market by Eduard – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

This image is quite difficult to walk away from; there are so many small things to discover and one piece leads to finding something else…it’s hard for me to stop because I know what the next piece looks like. All I have to do is find it!

The colors are so bright and while the image could seem crowded it doesn’t feel that way as I’m assembling it. My one issue is the finish seems unusually shiny, more so than your average Buffalo puzzle. Perhaps it’s just me and this is how they always are, it’s hard to tell.

As usual I started with all the words, except for the ones on the teal colored roof; those were done separately. Otherwise I just worked with whatever small section seemed like it would be fun to put together. It’s going rather quickly, and I’m enjoying myself immensely.

Working on something fun today? I hope so. Happy puzzling my friends!

Maleficent Still In Progress…

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Maleficent (Disney Villainous) – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

Normally I don’t post more than once about an in progress puzzle – not for regular ones anyway. Both the 40,320 piece Disney Memorable Moments puzzle and the Mystery Box puzzle had many, many updates but those were special. This is just your run-of-the-mill 1000 piece puzzle, and although it started out going really quickly the progress has slowed a bit.

It’s mostly my fault, I’m still not feeling my best and have spent more than a bit of time sleeping the last couple of days. But it’s also getting more time consuming to find and place pieces as it’s down to just dark colors most with a bit of frame in them.

The frames aren’t as distinctive as I’d hoped, or my powers of concentration and eye for detail are failing me – or perhaps it’s a bit of both. It’s taking longer now, and the overhead lighting isn’t doing me any favors either.

Anyway, it should be done today. I’ll be proud of myself when I get it finished, but I’m not sure I’ll be working on a Disney Villainous puzzle again any time soon. They’re not easy!

Vintage Fabrics and Notions

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Vintage Fabrics and Notions by Aimee Stewart – Buffalo – 1000 pieces

What a fantastic puzzle! I adored this beauty from the first piece to the last, and had to keep stopping myself from working on it because it was getting completed way too quickly. Perhaps I need a 2000 piece Aimee Stewart image to work on?

The quality of this Buffalo puzzle was excellent. The image reproduction was stunning, with bright, crisp colors, no blurriness or fuzziness; the pieces were the usual variety of Buffalo shapes and the fit was the best I’ve worked with from this brand for quite a while. When all was said and done I was highly impressed with this puzzle and it’s quality.

This was the first section that I completed, it made me feel a little nostalgic. Mom used to have so many vintage sewing notions and especially fasteners and buttons, I loved to look through them while she was repairing clothes or making something new.

This pattern also made me think of Mom. When we’d all pile in the car to go shopping at the fabric store I would try to keep myself from being bored by looking through all the patterns. Mom spent much longer in the store than my sisters and I liked, and after a while we’d start to whining about having to be there so long. But for the most part she was buying fabrics, patterns, and notions because she was making clothes; and she was making clothes because it was much cheaper than buying them. She made all my prom dresses when I was in high school, and she even made my wedding dress.

Mom was amazing at just about every craft there was, and I didn’t appreciate it when I was a child; when I became a young woman though it was a different story. She was a whiz at doing all those things, and I was a little jealous of her talents; I very much appreciated all the work she put in making things for us all and made sure I told her so. Often.

All the wild and colorful fabrics in this section were really fun to assemble. I’m not sure I would want any clothes from them, but they were entertaining in this puzzle.

I had the best time with this puzzle, and I assembled it at the right time too – our cable and internet went out the night I started this beauty, so of course I had something fabulous to occupy myself with when there was no tv to watch and the rest of the family were losing their minds.

We all should have some unplugged hobbies we can turn to when we need to, don’t you think?

Maleficent In Progress…

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Maleficent (Disney Villainous) – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

Unfortunately the only progress I have made is to start sorting this one, and the sorting tells me it isn’t going to be a quick assembly either. I’ve only done one other Disney Villainous puzzle, Queen of Hearts, and it was very entertaining even though it was a bit of a challenge.

The image for Maleficent seems much darker than the Queen of Hearts though, and I’m certain it will be a bit more difficult. But I’ve looked at the image closely, and I’m hoping it won’t be as hard as perhaps it seems. Except the border, the border is gonna suck just like the last one did. 🤔

My youngest has been trying to get me to assemble this one for weeks and I’ve kept telling him no, that it’s too dark; well, now is the time. I have no idea why, he didn’t even pick it out this time. Maybe I want to get it over with. Maybe I’m looking for a bit of a challenge.

Maybe I’ve lost my mind.