Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/117 - The Patchwork Quilt/Solution

by : $117$

 * The Patchwork Quilt

Solution

 * Except for my warning the reader might have supposed that the dark zigzag line from $A$ to $B$ would solve the puzzle.
 * But it will not, because the pieces are not of the same size and shape.
 * It would be all right if we could go along the dotted line $D$ instead of $C$, but that would mean cutting a piece.


 * Dudeney-Modern-Puzzles-117-solution.png


 * We must cut out all the shaded portion on one piece, which will exactly match the other.
 * One portion of the patchwork is drawn in just to guide the eye when comparing with the original.