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Instructions
Use a puzzle board, soft cardboard or cork board large enough to fit your puzzle and thin enough to easily transport. Making the entire puzzle process easy will make assembling it more seamless. Your board should be one color so the puzzle can be easily distinguished.
Separate the pieces according to pattern, shape and where they lay within the puzzle. Group similarly colored or patterned pieces together. If any pieces are uniquely shaped, group those together. Compile edge pieces, with are easily distinguishable because they have one flat side.
Assemble the puzzle's edges, paying attention to the potential starting points of any patterns. Fill in these pieces if you recognize them.
Look at blank spaces. As you fill in your puzzle, pay attention to the shapes of the naked areas. This may make you recall sectioning off a puzzle piece with a unique shape. This works with the puzzle's image, too. If you notice that you've assembled part of a hand, you can find and add more pieces that form a hand's features.
Pay attention to the detailing of particular pieces to determine their alignment within the puzzle. If you're assembling a seascape, lay out your wave pieces according to their orientation within the piece.
Assemble your puzzle while paying attention to all of the aforementioned details: piece orientation, color and pattern blocks and shape particulars.