BCD House Party Weekend - Bournemouth February 2017

What's better than a day of jigsaws? 3 days of jigsaws! Yes, you heard it! The BCD have a Jigsaw weekend once every 2 years and this was the first I could attend. The weekend comprises of a mixture of talks, displays, and puzzling time and is amazing. Because jigsaws can be left out overnight you can tackle larger ones than a normal BCD meeting and members enjoying flitting from table to table helping our other puzzling teams. I had a great time and have added photos of all the puzzles I was a part of. 

 

Pencil Collage - White Mountain Jigsaws (1000 pieces)

A tricky one, but enjoyable. Still getting used to the new cut of the brand it proved to be an interesting 6 hours, but I didn't give up. I went for different colours to try and build it up in some sort of order, but did rely quite heavily on the box for placement, otherwise it would have taken much longer. I loved spotting the little details on the pencils and seeing different brands and advertisements from the US.

Time taken: 6 hours 

Mt Washington Valley - White Mountain Jigsaws (1000 pieces)

I was given some jigsaws for Christmas by my American friends and family and was really excited to try a new jigsaw maker. I was not to be disappointed...White Mountain jigsaws are not a traditional cut with lots of odd shaped pieces. Added to that the pieces were larger than those of traditional UK puzzle makers which meant I nearly couldn't fit it all on my normal puzzle table. This puzzle was a joy to do...lots of bright colours, points of interest, roads, rails and rivers. A lovely gift. 

Time taken: 4 hours