SUNSOUT INC - Emerald Hawthorne - 1000 pc Jigsaw Puzzle by Artist: Nene Thomas - Finished Size 20" x 27" - MPN# 67627

I thought I would enjoy this puzzle, but in the end, I never even finished it. The biggest issue was that the pieces were very poorly cut. Pieces that fit properly together had to be forced into place. As a result, many times I found myself going back to a piece I thought didn't fit only to find it did; also a few times, I forced pieces that didn't fit after all. There was quite a bit of blue dust in the box that stained my fingers until I was able to dump a good bit out. I expect some dust/debris, but this was a bit excessive. The dark sections were very difficult to do--that's where I gave up. With having to force pieces, the hardest part was just too difficult for me. I was more than ⅔ done when I gave up. Too much frustration from something that was supposed to be relaxing.

A beautiful puzzle! All the greens in the puzzle are lovely when finished. Difficulty-wise, it's about average. It took me about 16 hours, working a couple hours every night, so that's about right. It usually takes me between 14 and 18 hours for a 1000 piece puzzle. The quality is very high, as is typical for Sunsout. There was a bit more puzzle dust than usual but that's not a big issue for me, I just dumped it out. The pieces fit together perfectly and it was relatively easy to tell if a piece was in the right place. There was a couple times that I wasn't sure but I removed it, usually if you have a doubt, then it's in the wrong place. But, as I said, that wasn't a big issue with this puzzle. There was one piece that was pealing a little bit on the corner but the others were in good shape. All pieces were present. The finished product has a nice gloss to it and is worthy of framing if you like to do that. I actually found the tree to be the most difficult part for some reason. I thoroughly enjoyed the puzzle and I do recommend it.

This puzzle was so much fun to work on. It was challenging and the colors are really exquisite. Very well made, too. My mother and I both purchased Nene Thomas puzzles and then exchanged them - she's really enjoying this one also.

The image is fine, but the cut of the pices varies wildly. Far too many connectors with milimiter-wide ends that came bent in the box. Also came to find that there were several pieces missing when the puzzle came close to completion.

i like puzzles.

Beautiful

beautiful puzzle!

very fun to put together and extremely beautiful artwork