This Amish quilt puzzle is kickin' my butt. When I dumped it out of the box I managed to put the border together. Then I stared, gobsmacked, at the other 900 pieces, all jumbled together in colorful cacophony, and was not able to wrap my brain around how to organize anything.
No single color anywhere that was more than an inch in diameter. No recognizable image to speak of, to build around.
Data Dad takes a quick look. He says, just organize the pieces into piles according to the colored lines of boxes in the pattern. Hmmph. Says you, I said. Well, I don't like to admit it but he was right. His suggestion made me look at everything in a new way. I'm eating humble pie as I write.
Working from the image on the box, it took a day to organize everything into piles (see pix). Then, I started in the middle at the bottom and have been working my way up ever since. The pix show my progress thus far. I'll post more as I move through this.
So what's my new year's resolution? Admit to Data Dad more often that he's right. It will be dang hard but hey, if it shifts my paradigm, why not?
In fully interlocking solidarity,
Jigsaw Maniac
Loose lips sink ships—keep busy with jigsaw puzzles ✌
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