Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Spitfire jigsaw

Got this Spitfire jigsaw puzzle for my birthday from dear friends (you know who you are!).


As always when we do a jigsaw, we do the edge first, ...


... and then lay out all the remaining pieces.


If the jigsaw has some sky, that's often done last, but I decided to keep the Spits for last, and do the blue sky first.


Sky done, sea next!


Sea done, clouds next! 


Clouds done! And with sky, sea and clouds done, what's left is the 'meat' of the jigsaw: the Spitfire squadron itself. 

They're coming along nicely!


 Final piece in its place: jigsaw done!


Was a fun one to do, but sky and sea were a real challenge. Not only because there isn't much pattern or colour to go on in these areas, but also because all the pieces were standard jigsaw pieces, with two 'innies' and two 'outies', so piece shape was not much of a help.

Thank you again, my friends!

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