What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Wow -- it's the start of another week. While I'm thoroughly enjoying each and every day, it just seems that Monday comes along very quickly!

We have no snow left. We had two days of temperatures in the low teens, and you could almost see the snow melt. It was crazy because I was thinking it was going to take forever for all this snow to melt, and then poof — it was gone. I did more cleaning up in the backyard and hope to finish this afternoon. Then we need a nice, gentle rain to clean things up. But ...

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The Busy Bistro.
I really enjoyed discovering all the mice. You can learn more about The Magic Puzzle Company on their website. 

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The Crystal Caves! from the Magic Puzzle Company.

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When I bought my Odd Pieces puzzles I went with the three-pack because I knew I wouldn't want to do only one. This is the second of the three.These puzzles are a fun change from puzzles that are simply what you see is what you get. The art is fun, too. Do you have a favorite puzzle company?

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I don't have a great first post for 2026. Here is the latest photo of my scrappy 6-Day Crochet Star blanket, pattern from Betty McKnit.
I've started a new Odd Pieces puzzle. You can buy this puzzle, and loads more directly from Odd Pieces.
I misaligned the last row of quilting on a charity quilt and had to fill in that space with another design. I think it turned out just fine. 

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I picked up three puzzles from Odd Pieces. 
This was a fun puzzle. I thought it would be a quick puzzle but it took some time to get it all together. 

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I've had this puzzle for a long time. To move it along to another puzzler, I opened it up and got to piecing. 
After two months of on-and-off piecing, I finished! Time to put it back in the box and try another.

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The last time I was at Games & Stuff, I picked up this puzzle. While I share my puzzle finds with links to Amazon, I hope you can shop local. One of the great things about this puzzle is that it doesn't include plastic inside the box. The puzzle piece envelop is paper, and that's great! 
It also includes two mini-posters so two puzzlers can have their own copy while piecing. 
I pieced it over about five days. It was fun and I will definitely share this one with my puzzle friends. There is so much more to this ...

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Either this puzzle was second-hand, or I completed it several years ago and just don't remember. In any case, I pieced it over last couple weeks. 
I found this one challenging. So many similar colors and structures. 

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I pieced this puzzle last week. 
It was quick to go together. 

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A friend gave me this puzzle. I tried to time myself but failed to turn on the timer for an unknown period of time (my guess is 10-15 minutes). 
I'm pretty sure I finished in less than two hours but I can't be sure of an exact time because of my poor timer skills. It was a satisfying puzzle. I've boxed it up and will pass it on to another puzzler.

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I picked this up at a puzzle exchange. I worked it over a couple days. I did run a timer and finished in about 1 hour and 43 minutes. 

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When I found this delightful puzzle at my local gaming store, I knew I wanted to bring it home. Casually pieced over about a week. 

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I saw this puzzle available from my local gaming shop and thought it might be fun. Turns out, a sea of blue takes quite a bit of time to piece. 
This right here is what you call a challenging pair of pieces. Cut nearly identically. Meaning I had a false ...

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This puzzle was a pretty quick assembly. I really appreciated the quality of this puzzle. Time to box it back up and give it to one of my puzzle friends. Do you do jigsaw puzzles? A fun alternative to doing a puzzle at home, is Jigsaw Explorer. You can choose the number of pieces and invite your online friends to join in the fun.  

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Over the last week or two, I've been working on this puzzle. Finally finished! Time to box it back up and give it to one of my puzzle friends. Do you do jigsaw puzzles? A fun alternative to doing a puzzle at home, is Jigsaw Explorer. You can choose the number of pieces and invite your online friends to join in the fun.  

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Pretty amazing what can be done with scraps and crumbs.  Triangles were sewn in the back corners and I inserted a paintstick for a hanging dowel.  I think the recipient liked it.  I LOVE the crookedyness.  

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I'm still here, working and sewing much of the time.  Hey, this home maintenance being completed by just ONE person takes a lot of time!  My spirits remain sorta OK, and I get lonesome, pretty much like everyone else.  A terrible anniversary is looming -  sad and scary but I will face it.  Time flew by so quickly, it is shocking.  I barely learn what day it is, and it's the next!  

During my blog lull, I have finished the quilting on this QOV, shown as a top previously.   

Love that striped binding!  Here's the back, much of ...

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Our first completed puzzle on the dedicated table. It's fun to have something that we can spend a few moments pondering over together after dinner, finding a sought after piece and placing it into position. I'm always worried that we'll lose a piece and not be able to complete the picture; this time we had the opposite to occur!  We finished the puzzle with a piece left over!

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