Anyway, just a short post to tell you about the Royal School of Needlework postcard call out.
I know Mary Anne makes stunning crazy patchwork postcards for a start but maybe one or two of you may not have heard aboutbthis yet.
https://royal-needlework.org.uk/postcard-from-home/
Do take a look, it is open worldwide after all.
I bought a 500 piece jigsaw last november for the princely sum of £2 in a charity shop, a striking picture of Gaudis moasaics in front of grey/white/black shadowy buildings.
I meant to start at Christmas but didn't.
It's quite years since I did an adult jigsaw, and by that I mean a country scene not something sexually explicit!
Disney ones oh yes, lots with my kids and the grandchildren too.
So yesterday I took a break from hexi stitching, yes I am still hexified ... and started the Gaudi.
Well what fun it's been, relatively easy with the mosaics as so bright and colourful but now I'm on the harder upper building sections so this may take a while!
But once the charity shops are open again, I may well buy up all the jigsaws at those cheap
prices!
Have you seen how much they are to buy new?!
And now of course, everywhere is sold out to buy online LOL
I did earlier today win a 2 x 500 box of Yorkshire seaside scenes on Ebay.
(Will sanitise the box once it arrives!)
I had no idea there was such a roaring trade in used jigsaws on Ebay!
Dozens for sale currently and of course NOW, the prices are jumping up and up, will be interesting to see how they sell when we are back into a less stressful state mind you.
Right back to the jigsaw and to see if this post too, has white stripes round the text - you see,
I try to keep you and myself too, guessing!
Cyber hugs folks
We work puzzles all the time....such fun.
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Nothing much new here....still isolating, apart from walking the dog, making masks for friends....bit sick of that now.....and drawstring bags for a charity that supports kids in foster care. They're fun, because I've been digging into my stash for age/gender appropriate fabrics, and mixing and matching whete pieces aren't quite big enough. Planted veggie seeds so I can eat greens without going out, and reading a lot.....a good life really. Hugs back xxxx
That postcard challenge is interesting....hmmmm!! Resident Chef is working on a really difficult puzzle right now and there's a great deal of muttering going on out in the living room. Each piece that's put in place is a triumph. Someone in our building (possibly more than one) often puts puzzles in the laundry room for anyone to pick up and do and that's where we get the ones he works on. Once he's done he recycles it in the same way.
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