Cold weather is here, and its time to dig out the quilts and blankets. But you might have an extra houseguest, so it’s time to sew a new one!
Add buttons and stitches so that each region is connected to every neighboring region by one stitch each.
Today in 1790, Great Britain issued Patent #1764 to Thomas Saint for the very first sewing machine design. Sadly, he may have patented the idea, but he never actually built and marketed his invention. That happened in 1874, thanks to William Newton Wilson, who discovered the old patent, built it, and proved it worked. To honor the day, let’s sew some Stitches!
Igor! The flesh is loose on my masterpiece! Sew it together, following my specifications exactly – quickly, for a storm is approaching, and we must bring him to life tonight!
As you might have noticed by now, I love the various cell-shading puzzles. Today, we’re taking a look at another Nikoli creation – Stostone. In English, it’s generally known as Stone on Stone. Like Heyawake, you must shade cells according to the numbers in the regions, but there are a few unique requirements.
Today, we’re stacking rocks! Stone on Stone is a cell-shading puzzle, in which your goal is to find hidden blocks of contiguous cells.
When Tetris was in its heyday on computers, I was in high school. I’m not sure how many games I’ve played, but I definitely got to the point where I started seeing tetrominoes everywhere. Maybe the inventor of Tetoron, Nishiyama Yukari, was also a fan. In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into tetromino shapes.
Similar to a nonogram, Tile Paint puzzles reveal a picture. Each region must be fully shaded, or empty. Numbers indicate the total of shaded cells in their row or column.
As we’re coming up on the end of November, I wanted to do another Tile Paint puzzle. Hopefully you enjoy my ongoing process of learning pixel art. Shade cells in the grid to reveal a picture!
With as intense as things have been in the news, finding time to relax and reset matters more than ever. Today is Garden Meditation Day. Its exact origins may be unclear, but the idea of meditation surrounded by nature is hardly new. Popularized in Chinese and Japanese cultures, the beauty of a meditation garden gradually spread to the West. So take some time for yourself today, maybe enjoy a Tile Paint puzzle.
Avast, ye swabs! ‘Tis once again International Talk Like a Pirate Day! This grid hides a cold-hearted blaggard for ye to find.
