I'm going to write about how to do jigsaw puzzles, something everyone has done at least once.

There are many different sizes of jigsaw puzzles. There are 63-piece and 108-piece puzzles for children, and adults usually do 1,000-piece puzzles.

So, let me explain how to do jigsaw puzzles.

Each person has their own style, so you don't have to do it this way, but it's a pretty useful method.

Before I explain, the image I'm attaching from now on is2,000 pieces. In Korea, 1,000 pieces are common, but if you want something bigger and more pieces, look for 'Castorland Puzzle' or 'Ravensburger'. In Korea, you can easily find them on the Amazon affiliate page of 11st. (Direct purchase)

Of course, there are many other brands!

1. Put the edges together first

It's the easiest to find the edges. One side is a straight line, so it's easy to gather them together and match them while looking at the picture. If you find a corner piece with two straight sides, it's a very happy feeling. (Of course, there are 4 in total)

2. Gather similar colors

First, classify similar colors. When we did the puzzle, there were letters and similar colors, so we could match those first.

3. Start attaching the sides of the frame

It's a little difficult if you suddenly attack the middle. So, we attack the areas connected to the frame among the pieces with clear colors.

4. Gather clear colors in one place and match them

Gather similar colors together. It's not about gathering general and too many colors, but about gatheringstriking colors! There were a lot of brick colors, so I left them all in different places and gathered the clear colors first.

5. If there's a line, find it and match it first

① In the picture, it's a horizontal line. Because it's divided into top and bottom, you can see the line and match it.

② The dark blue in the middle is the door. ③ The light blue is the window. There is a line on the edge of the door, so you can match it first.

6. Now match the colors you've gathered

Can you see? It's where the pink flowers are, and I gathered only the pink ones and started matching them. It's gradually taking shape. And at this time, the picture frame I ordered was delivered. So I put it underneath.

7. Match day and night

It's quite important. If you want to match quickly, you have to match day and night. If you match while eating cereal before going to work in the morning, you can match a little faster. You're not saying it's only morning, right?

You have to match at night too. I installed IKEA's stand and matched it with the light on. It's hard to see in the dark.

Voila. How about it? Do you think you've matched a lot?

It's almost finished, right?

No. The same color of sky blue is really hell difficulty T_T

8. Final tip! Compare everything and put it in one by one.

I spent a lot of time matching the sky. There were about 100 sky blue pieces left, and there's no trick. I easily matched the areas where there was a difference between white and sky blue, but there's no way for the same color.

In the end, put everything in the corners one by one. It's good if it goes in after a few tries, but it's frustrating if it takes dozens of tries. The trick, if any, isto put the corner pieces in so that at least two sides touch.

Finally, it's done!!

How about it? Did you match it well?

I bought a frame and hung it on the wall. I didn't buy the frame directly, but there are places in Korea that make custom frames considering people who buy jigsaw puzzles directly from overseas. I bought a puzzle frame + 2 bags of puzzle glue there. I applied the glue and left it for about 24 hours, then put it in the frame and hung it.

We first saw 2,000 pieces on a cruise ship on our honeymoon, and we agreed to buy one and hang it in a frame.It was a pretty fun project. And we promised each other that we wouldn't buy another jigsaw puzzle for the next few years :)

※ It took a total of 12 days to complete.