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Beautiful job on the cross! Just my two cents...there are some glues that dry clear ( I use Weldbond)..might be something to consider. Just a nice thin coat should do it...Something like what you did I'd put another piece of wood on top then grab one of the bazillion paint cans I have in my basement for weight, and let it sit the night.

Looks like I'm the first to post a pic: I made this for my niece for Christmas. My family is getting together at her house to celebrate her 40th birthday and an early Chirstmas. I haven't seen them for a couple years...it's a long drive from western PA to Maine, where we usually gather. Tomorrow I'm leaving for her house in Connecticut..still quite a drive. This is a pattern that I designed, so I also posted in the new patterns for anyone who would like it. Now that I posted the pattern...I see that there is already a copy in the new pattern section. Travis...feel free to delete my duplicate.

This is my fall creation...thanks to Steve Good for the Owl pattern!

Do you have both your square and your circle selected? (click on one to select, then hold the shift button and click on the second object) then go to Path - Union, and they should become one. Hope this helps!

....you have more patterns than you could ever cut in 50 lifetimes....and daily add to the collection!

Or word art?

When I'm not at my scrollsaw, you'll find me in my Kayak....wearing my Scrollsaw Village T-shirt! This was this morning, on Knox Lake, Ohio. A bit hot, but we had the lake mostly to ourselves, and an occasional breeze made it quite nice. NOW....I'm at the Village...enjoying the A/C!!!!

Just got my T-shirt from CafePress....the design looks great. Thanks again for all who voted on my design!

http://www.meiselwoodhobby.com/Home.aspx One I've used a couple times.

As a designer, I enjoy playing with word art mostly, and oriental designs. And always willing to do personal requests if I can. I think I speak for most designers when I say it's always nice to see one of my designs cut. Great thread idea Travis!

Another design I came up with: (the website is there...if you look closely at the scrollsaw )

A nice easy one:

I wonder if ther is such a thing as perforated binding, so the book can be published as a book, but the buyer can easily remove pages to copy? Just a thought. The bindings of the dover clip art series lay pretty nicely on a copy machine....fairly thin and large and only printed on one side...so the opposite side doesn't copy through. Good luch with your book by the way!! Do we all get first pick of signed copies??

Here's my entry:

Hey, great job...looks like you've got the pattern making knack for sure!