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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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Compound Cutting Tutorial

January 4, 2008

Have you ever wanted to try compound cutting, but didn’t know where to start? Diana Thompson at Scroll Saw Inspirations will give you a hand. She has put together a great tutorial on how to cut compound patterns. Each step is clearly written and complete with photos. She has also included a free practice pattern [...]

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Scroll Sawn Art

January 2, 2008

Jesse Davis at Scroll Sawn Art has created a great website dedicated to Scroll Sawing. He has a gallery of his most recent work, he has a few patterns for sale, and a has a number of free patterns too! Its nice to see a well crafted website dedicated to the hobby we all love. [...]

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Scrolling The Force

December 28, 2007

“Come with me and we’ll rule the scroll saw galaxy as father and son.” I think that’s how the quote goes anyways. One really great source for scroll saw patterns are pumpkin carving sites. The principles of cutting portraits and cutting pumpkins is pretty much the same. StarWars.com has provided a few pumpkin patterns from [...]

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Gary Browning Patterns

December 27, 2007

Gary Browning is a portrait artist and the author of Scroll Saw Portraits, Scroll Saw Portraits from the Wild West, Scroll Saw Civil War Portraits. He has provided 20+ free patterns on his website for anybody who wants them. He included a bunch of great portraits including Elvis, Marylin Monroe, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, Earnhardt [...]

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SK Wood Works

December 21, 2007

I know. You can’t get enough free patterns. Well, Shelli & Kerry at SK Wood Works has quite a few free scroll saw patterns available for you. Wildlife, wizards, and horses. Oh My! Their free patterns are available from the menu on the left of the screen. Check them out. And while you are there, [...]

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Grazing Horse

December 18, 2007

Here’s a quick and easy pattern for horse lovers. Tom over at Old Griz Scroll Art provides a free pattern of a horse grazing. The pattern is in JPG format for easy scaling and would make a great gift for any equestrian. While you are there, check out his other patterns he has available. His [...]

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Intarsia Teddy Bear

December 17, 2007

Now that you made your first teddy bear intarsia, your neighbor’s cousin now wants one. What to do? Well, Wood Magazine can help you out on your next intarsia project. They have provided a great article by Judy Gale Roberts, about getting started in intarsia. The article is free to download and presented in a [...]

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Intarsia 101

December 14, 2007

Are you looking to take that leap into intarsia? It can seem a bit intimidating, but Bruce over at Intarsia.net will help you on your way. He has put together a great tutorial and provided a free pattern for your first project. He shows you step by step how to put together a simple intarsia [...]

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The Piano Man

December 11, 2007

Well, Steve over at Scrollsaw Workshop did it again. He knocks out so many great patterns, its hard to keep up with. So I usually only write about the truly unique items and this one takes the cake. This time it’s an Automata pattern. A what? Automata is a mechanical toy that mimics some sort [...]

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