Our "Life" Puzzle

Seven months ago, Matthew sent me a link to a 24,000 piece puzzle and wondered if I would be interested in attempting it. And now, after many many hours, including having to redo a large portion after a devastating poor moving decision, it is complete, framed, and installed on our basement wall. As you can tell from the top picture, it nicely takes up just about the entire wall. Holy Mackerel.

We took our sweet time as we assembled the first half, but as Z got more and more mobile and more and more curious about what we were working on, including tasting some pieces, the pressure was on to finish. We worked on nothing else for two or three months just so we could complete the darned thing and get loose pieces out of the hands of our darling son. No sewing, no blogging, no anything other than necessary tasks, caring for the Wee Babe, and working on the puzzle.

I am happy with how it turned out, but I am happy to have free time again. Especially important now since I get to turn my attention to Bitty Girl's baby quilt.