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Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Community

January 18, 2008

Communities are a great way to meet people who share the same interest. They offer support, advice, tips and encouragement. My favorite online community is hosted by Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine. What a great group of people. You won’t find much for free patterns, but you will find a wealth of information and [...]

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Selling Your Intarsia

January 17, 2008

By Jerry Mifflin Our challenge as Crafter’s and intarsia artists is to discover our markets. You need to know your market, who is your customer? Are you selling a product to local or global customers. If you’re selling to local customers say out of a storefront, you must know if you are in the right [...]

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David Sudekum Patterns

January 16, 2008

It’s time for more free patterns! David Sudekum has created a bunch of patterns he has made available to anybody who wants them. They are hosted by MyPhotoAlbum. Each picture should give you an option to view the full size image. You can also click the download button to instantly download the pattern to your [...]

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Photoshop Tutorial

January 15, 2008

You already read through Andy Deane’s tutorial about making patterns with Paint Shop Pro. But what about us Photoshop users? Well he hasn’t left you out. He has provided a great tutorial on how to create scroll saw patterns with Photoshop too! Each step is clearly written with accompanying illustrations. Armed with this info, it [...]

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Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

January 14, 2008

Are you tired of cutting other people’s patterns? Want to make your own? Andy Deane of 80 Art Designs has created a great tutorial about creating scroll saw patterns with Paint Shop Pro. The 7 page tutorial takes you step by step through the entire process. He has also included a practice photo so you [...]

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Be Mine

January 12, 2008

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and we need a project for that special someone in our lives. Sue Mey of Scroll Saw Artist came through for us and created this great heart plaque. It is free to download and presented in JPG format for easy scaling. While you are there, check out her [...]

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Wooden Model Cars

January 11, 2008

We’ve all seen them at craft shows. Those really cool wooden models of old cars, big semi trucks, and dirt moving tractors. Toys & Joys sells a number of pattern and kits to get you started. They have everything from trains to golf carts. If you are looking to tackle one of those models yourself, [...]

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John and Sue's Workshop

January 10, 2008

The last post, I talked about Sue’s patterns. You probably noticed she also had some pictures of her workshop. If you haven’t had a chance to check them out, take a look. I know I love looking at workspaces of others. And this looks like a great work area to makes a little scroll sawn [...]

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Jigsue's Patterns

January 9, 2008

Sue (jigsue) from the SSWC forums has a bunch of great patterns available in her online photo album. She has a wide variety of patterns from Hedrix to Potter. The patterns are presented in JPG format for easy scaling. However, high resolution copies of the patterns are not available. So you’ll have to right click [...]

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Key Chain Font

January 8, 2008

Do you need to scratch that scroll sawing itch without jumping into a large project? H’bout making a few key chains? Ron Brown has created a True Type font to download for free. This font is especially good for making key chains. Best of all, you don’t need a graphics program to create your patterns. [...]

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