Completed 15th March 2026

  

2000 Pieces

Novel Avenue - by Demelsa Haughton

Ravensburger, 2024

 

with too many cute details to ignore just one :-)

 

"E monstro del Pantano" is the name for a monster from the swamp - but snails are no monsters...

Lost in fantastic tales?

When Worlds Collide is a 1933 science fiction novel co-written by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie

 

Mathilda and the great squirrel

A busy bee :-)

 

Completed 18th September 2025

  

500 Pieces

Owls's perfect evening - signed "Stewart"

Castorland 

Completed 25th-27th May 2025 (Meeting at Walsrode)

 I spent the weekend in Walsrode (North of Hannover, Germany) again,

meeting my friends of the german jigsaw puzzle forum. Lots of encounters, great conversations. 

I also had time to do a few small finger exercises again, which I'll show you here.

 

Cedar Waxwing

Illustration by Ann-Kathrin Wirth /The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Made in USA by New York Puzzle Company

100 Pieces

Curiosi Q-Puzzle LIFE 04

Snails

72 Pieces

Yorkshire - by Emma Ball

Gibsons, 252 pcs

 

Frogs, 54 Pieces

 

A wooden Dragon, 80 pcs.

Manufacturer unknown (made in China)

 

 

Queen of the Stacks - by Phat Dog Vintage

made of recycled paper

Galison 

 A quilt made of 140 square cloth pieces, artistically sewed by 62 participants during a quilting-event in 2010. Made of old football shirts, flags, household and bed linen and other fabrics in the colours black and yellow. Size 3,40 x 2,4 m

 

I took a photography of this quilt in February 2015

 

 

turned it into a 100-pcs.-jigsaw puzzle and gave it to a friend. Now. almost 9 years later, I was able to assemble it.

Blue owl

wooden jigsaw, no trademark, but cute whimsical pieces 

 

A dove and a small elephant

Curiosi, each 33 pieces

 

four birds by Elwin van der Kolk:

Pimpelmees (blue tit)

Huismus (House sparrow)

Roodborst (Red robin)

Koolmees (Great tit)

 

(c) by Concept Studio Blitz (Bekking & Blitz)

each 32 pieces

and yes, I managed to fit in almost 15 pieces ;-)

 

 which is 0,3 % of 5000 pcs.

Completed 26th Januar 2025

1000 Pieces

Feathered friends

By Hannah Dale

Wrendale Designs, UK

Under construction: Hannah Dale "Birds", 1000 pcs. - Completedn.

 

A sturdy cardboard box, standing upright. Inside a paper bag with a pretty adhesive label.

Amazing, very subtle and beautiful illustrations by Hannah Dale

Hannah Dale began Wrendale Designs in 2012 on a crowded kitchen table in Melton Ross. Inspired by the glorious Lincolnshire countryside, Hannah started to paint hares; loving their expressive faces and wonderful personalities.

Since then the company has won many prestigious awards in recognition of their successes. In 2021 Hannah was awarded a NatWest Everywoman Award. Wrendale have also received five Henries awards (the Oscars of the greeting card industry!) for their wonderful greeting cards.

I got to know these magical puzzles (or one of them) at a forum meeting in 2024.

 

The only downer: the price is quite high (approx. 30 €), the puzzle smelled strangely strong when I poured it out of the bag for the first time - and it's “made in China”... 

But let us not talk about downers: I already started assembling it after a few days of

 

Usually I collect the outstanding colours first. The kingfisher bird with its majestic feathers had my full attention:

 

 

 I love these illustrations

Here we are: Friday, weekend and a bit of time before breakfast

... and time to work on the frame

Seems like sorting pieces will bring a quick finish! 

 

Will do it again now to fill the gaps 

Completed 11th April 2024

 

199 Pieces

 OWL

A wooden jigsaw puzzle by Innovakids