Victory
My latest jigsaw puzzle was a small Victory puzzle of unusually shaped 74 pieces in a circular, screw-top tin.
It was interesting to complete, and my standard way of puzzling didn’t work completely. I usually find all the straight edge pieces for the outside ‘frame’ and work from there.
The finished puzzle!
The tray I worked on measured 18 x 18 cms (7 x 7 inches) and the finished work was 13½ x 17 cms (5¼ x 6¾ inches)
It was called ‘Christmas Eve at Yapps Crossing,’ from a painting by John B. Gruelle, 1918. Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) was an American artist and cartoonist. He also wrote and illustrated children’s books and comics and created Raggedy Ann and Beloved Belindy.
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkly Knees
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
What interesting puzzle pieces! It looks like it might be a difficult one.
ReplyDeleteUnusually shaped pieces! That would be much more fun and challenging than what we get now in the rectangular pictures these days where all the shapes are the same apart from the corners and edges. I remember jigsaws from when I was young and the shapes were irregular.
ReplyDeleteI like the one you just completed, it's a lovely picture.
I like those oddly shaped puzzle pieces ... another degree of difficulty!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting puzzle! Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees was one of my favorite books when I was a child. I still love children's books. The best are timeless and splendidly illustrated and can be enjoyed by any age.
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