Puzzles are something I enjoy doing. 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles are just the right size and my favorite kind to do are collage puzzles. My favorite thing about collages is all the easy sorting that can be done. There is a sense of accomplishment every time. Harder puzzles can seem intimidating, but they can still be completed just like the easier ones! In fact, studies have shown that jigsaw puzzles can improve memory and your focus. You can finish difficult jigsaw puzzles in no time by using a little patience and some careful planning! In this blog post, “1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle 1 of 10 | CJ” I'll discuss some tips & tricks for completing 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles, especially those that have a lot of white shapes and parts.
As for my last one, I thought it would take like five or six hours for a thousand-piece puzzle, but in the end, it took me about 15 hours straight.
This puzzle is a picture I took several years ago when I used to shoot with CJ a lot.
To begin with, I separated all the pieces of color, but I didn't lift the white ones. Since there is a lot of white space in the picture, I knew it was going to be a hard puzzle.
It probably took me 30 to 35 minutes to separate all the pieces. Overall, I spent about 45 minutes on this whole separation task. The fact that there were so many plain white pieces made me realize that I was going to have a difficult time completing the whole puzzle.
I used to take breaks to do other work and to call-and then I'd get back to puzzling over at the pieces. Basically, it took me a couple of days to complete this puzzle.
Although I wanted to finish it quickly, it seemed to take me forever. I'm glad I'm done with it now. Once it was done, it looked great.
So, are you wondering what’s the most efficient way to solve a white jigsaw?
White puzzles, or any puzzle with a similar color scheme, are challenging. Although they require a great deal of patience and time to complete, they can be done successfully.
Here are some tips:
- As a first step, I recommend separating the edges. When it comes to starting a jigsaw puzzle, the edges seem like a good starting point.
- As a next step, I would try to separate shapes. Place as many pieces as possible starting from the frame. As you sort the pieces and feel for their places, your sense of sight and touch will help you.
- Try to connect the edge pieces sequentially with a piece from the corresponding sub-group or a corner piece. For maximum efficiency, revisit potential connections in each group later and make a note of which pairs seem to connect to track the reduction of options. When you find two pieces that exclusively connect to one another, you should combine them and reassign them to their respective edge piece subgroup as a single piece.
- Alternatively, a truly difficult version of this puzzle will not have a single solution for all the edge pieces, forcing you to keep notes on all possible edge solutions to narrow later. The maximal efficiency algorithm would be able to determine when connecting inner pieces to existing edge connections will be more efficient at reducing possible edge solutions than fully completing the edge-solutions first procedure. It would also be able to determine when unique connections can be made between inner pieces.
Hopefully, these tips & tricks will help you to solve your next puzzle. In case you haven’t tuned in already, be sure to check out my video, “1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle 1 of 10 | CJ” and let me know how you find it. Hope you guys enjoy it!
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