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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 8:45:51 GMT 1
I do lots of these from time to time, ive just finished this one, it took about a week on and off.  |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 1, 2007 8:52:31 GMT 1
How many pieces is that Karen?
Hilary and I used to love doing jigsaws in the winter months.
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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 8:54:18 GMT 1
There are a 1000 pieces Sleepy.
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 1, 2007 8:58:09 GMT 1
There are a 1000 pieces Sleepy. A biggy then. When I worked with the homeless in Southampton we had a 5000 pice puzzle. It never got finished though! |
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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 9:02:38 GMT 1
I mostly do 1000 pieces, sometimes 500, you should have given the 5000 piece to me i would have finished it, I would have needed a bigger table to put it on, ive got a jigsaw board that keeps all the pieces together i leant it to my sister 4 years ago and am still waiting for her to finish the jigsaw she started ;D
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 1, 2007 9:05:55 GMT 1
I mostly do 1000 pieces, sometimes 500, you should have given the 5000 piece to me i would have finished it, I would have needed a bigger table to put it on, ive got a jigsaw board that keeps all the pieces together i leant it to my sister 4 years ago and am still waiting for her to finish the jigsaw she started ;D It was a long time ago Karen, and was a tool to keep the residents occupied. It did it's job, but was never finished as it was sabotaged by persons unknown. |
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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 9:08:40 GMT 1
Oh thats awfull you try to help people and someone has to go and spoil things.
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 1, 2007 9:17:49 GMT 1
Oh thats awfull you try to help people and someone has to go and spoil things. Hehehe... you just accepted it as part of life Karen. There were far worse things to really worry about  Fights Wet beds Attempted suicides Successful suicides Fits and siezures A sabotaged jigsaw hardly got noticed really |
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 1, 2007 9:18:13 GMT 1
I used to do jigsaws many years ago when I was carrying my girls, after that there was no time for that sort of thing. I remember I did a round one, an archaic view of the world one side, on gold foil and a modern globe the other, I mounted that one between two sheets of glass. Dont remember how many pieces but they were pretty small and the puzzle was about 18"
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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 9:26:26 GMT 1
I have to be careful with the cats as they jump on the table and knock the pieces down and William always has to put in the last piece ;D.
I would like to have some of mine mounted i will do them eventually.
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 1, 2007 9:59:34 GMT 1
I love jigsaws but I dont have much opportunity or space to do them now. I think they are very good for you. I wouldn't mount them though cos I like putting them away and forgetting I've done them and having another go a few years later..sad,eh?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 1, 2007 13:27:47 GMT 1
My little Joe is a good jigsaw boy.
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Post by The witch on Aug 1, 2007 13:40:27 GMT 1
We like doing Jigsaws in the winter too. Have you tried Wasgijs Karen? (Wasgij is jigsaw backward BTW ;D ) www.jigsawpuzzlesdirect.co.uk/Or have you tried the murder mystery ones, where you read a short "who done it?" story, do a jigsaw with out a picture to copy to find the clues to the murder? ;D |
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Post by emseypop on Aug 1, 2007 14:15:23 GMT 1
I used to do jigsaws many years ago when I was carrying my girls, after that there was no time for that sort of thing. I remember I did a round one, an archaic view of the world one side, on gold foil and a modern globe the other, I mounted that one between two sheets of glass. Dont remember how many pieces but they were pretty small and the puzzle was about 18" The christmas before last sean was up all night doing that same jigsaw, he got it from the charity shop and we think it was two put in one box because it just wasn't working. I found pieces in my compost bin when I moved it a few weeks ago! |
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Post by karenwl on Aug 1, 2007 21:07:49 GMT 1
4P i had a blitz a few month ago took me a month do all the ones ive got.
Mick my son helps find a few pieces.
The witch ive done most of the wasgij but not the ones youve shown i may have to get them.
Emsey that would have been fun for me trying to do 2 at once.
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Post by plocket on Aug 3, 2007 8:33:21 GMT 1
I love jigsaws but we don't really have the space to set up a decent 1000 piece one to do gradually. We do one every year over Christmas at my mum and dad's though - they set up a card table in mum's workroom and it's nice to go and mull over the pieces if you want a bit of peace! Mum's got some amazing Escher ones - you should give them a go Karen!
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Post by The witch on Aug 3, 2007 14:55:59 GMT 1
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 3, 2007 15:04:30 GMT 1
Ohhhh, is THAT a portapuzzle. I had heard of them, but had assumed it was a 500 piece jigsaw of a construction site loo! |
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Post by karenwl on Aug 3, 2007 19:34:53 GMT 1
Plocket ill look out for some.
Thanks Karen.
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Post by plocket on Aug 6, 2007 19:03:43 GMT 1
Ohhhh, is THAT a portapuzzle. I had heard of them, but had assumed it was a 500 piece jigsaw of a construction site loo! PML!!! Nice one Sleepy ;D |
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Post by The witch on Aug 6, 2007 22:10:49 GMT 1
Ohhhh, is THAT a portapuzzle. I had heard of them, but had assumed it was a 500 piece jigsaw of a construction site loo! PML!!! Nice one Sleepy ;D Don't encourage him P please. :  ;D |
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Post by plocket on Aug 7, 2007 8:56:17 GMT 1
Ooops you are right The witch!!! ;D
Do you frame them Karen? I've a friend who frames her puzzles and they look fab.
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Post by plocket on Aug 7, 2007 8:57:07 GMT 1
Sorry I should clarify that - she puts one in a clip frame and bungs it on the wall so she can enjoy a finished one while she's working on another. When the next one is finished, the first one is removed from the frame and put away so she can enjoy the second one while doing the next puzzle, and so on.
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Post by madonplants on Aug 8, 2007 12:50:51 GMT 1
We were up in Nottingham at the weekend, helping a friend start to move house and there were ~200 jigsaws in her loft and Jennifer counted 40, still in their cellophane rapper!!! We have told her to maybe get rid of a few!!
Keith
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Post by emseypop on Aug 8, 2007 12:53:28 GMT 1
We have a family joke, its an emmerdale farm jigsaw and every year someone in the family has it for a gift a christmas  |
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