Pattern Workshop

Making Scroll Saw Patterns With Inkscape DVD

October 14, 2009

The free online class on how to create scroll saw patterns with Inkscape is now available on DVD! This is the exact same series that you can download (and participate in) for free at Scroll Saw Village. So why offer it on DVD? Some folks have trouble downloading video because of dial-up issues. Others wish [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L8

September 24, 2009

Welcome to the very last lesson in our free online class on how to use Inkscape to make your own scroll saw patterns. This time, we demonstrate how to use the tools we learned up to this point to create an elk mini-clock. The clock takes a standard 1 7/16″ mini-clock insert. You can find [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L7

September 22, 2009

Welcome to Lesson 7 of our 8 part series as we learn to use Inkscape to make our own scroll saw patterns. This time we’re taking everything we have learned up to this point and applying it to design a trinket/potpourri box. This video moves fairly fast and I don’t spend much time teaching you [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L6

September 18, 2009

This is lesson 6 of our 8 part series as we learn to use Inkscape to create our own scroll saw patterns. This lesson, we learn to use the text tool. Whether you’re wanting to create word art, or simply sign your patterns, we’ll show you how to gain control over your text. This is [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L5

September 17, 2009

I think this lesson will be the most important of all of the lessons in this class. This time, we’re learning about nodes and editing. Nodes are what give vector graphics their power. By understanding how to edit these nodes, you’ll be unstoppable. It’s not difficult to learn, but it will take some practice. This [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L4

September 10, 2009

Things are starting to get interesting in Lesson 4 of our continuing series as we learn to use Inkscape to create scroll saw patterns. This lesson, we discuss creating complex shapes using additive and subtractive tools to basic shapes. These tools are found under Path menu. We’ll be discussing Union, Difference, Intersection, Exclusion, Division and [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns With Inkscape – L3 Bonus Demonstration

September 10, 2009

In lesson 3, I left an assignment in the forums to create a drawing of the American flag. If you do it right, you’ll only need 3 shapes; a square, a rectangle and a star. By using duplicate, groups, and align and distribute, you can have this drawing put together precisely in a matter of [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L3

September 8, 2009

We’re moving right along with lesson 3 of our classroom series as we learn to use Inkscape to make our own scroll saw patterns. This lesson we learn to align our objects. This lesson plays a huge role as we need precise positioning of our objects to create our pattern. First, we talk about layers [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L2

September 3, 2009

This is lesson 2 of our continuing classroom series as we learn to use Inkscape to create our own scroll saw patterns. In this lesson, we learn to use some of the basic shape tools and how to manipulate our objects. We also look at duplicating and mirroring our objects. Each lesson includes a video [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L1

September 2, 2009

We’re beginning a brand new class on using the free program Inkscape to create scroll saw patterns. The class is being taught over at Scroll Saw Village in the Village University forum. The class will last 4 weeks with 2 lessons released each week. You’ll find video demonstrations, written instructions, downloadable source material, and classroom [...]

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