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These are large templates of all letters and numbers with a flower decoration. Each page of the pattern book has one large letter or number.
Many of you tell me that you print the pattern right after you download it. This pattern book is 39 pages so be prepared for that. Remember that all print dialogs have the option to print just the current page. You do not have to print the entire pattern book.
In the image below I am showing what the letters look like with a backer board. It gives a slightly different look. The best way to cut the backer board is stack cutting. After the letters are cut remove the backer board and cut the decorations. This insures a perfect match between the backer and the letter.
You can make an easy house ornament with these templates. Draw and cut a circle large enough for the letter and you have a nice Initial decoration. In the simulated image below I am showing a glue-up of weather and painted boards cut into a 12" circle.
Another Cool Gnome project, this time by Eddy Matthew:
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I keep receiving emails about the
gnome pattern I designed and posted a while back. Many people are asking for more, especially a female gnome. I'll see if I can get my head wrapped around what a girl gnome looks like and see what I can come up with something.
Today's reader-submitted gnome photo is from Eddy Matthew. He made this for his granddaughter who likes gnomes. Eddy just grabbed some old scraps of wood and made this incredible little gnome mushroom home for the gnome.
In my opinion, this is another project where the choice of woods was excellent. That looks like a mushroom!. Notice the choice of grain direction to add to the form of the mushroom. I have been to a bunch of scroll saw shows where this project would have won a ribbon. Simple but expertly executed.
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Inlay with a 1" Forstner Bit.
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