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Looks good. Thanks for sharing. Gary

Thanks Travis, I found this late last night. Appreciate the help. Gary

I have used GIMP to do a portrait of my grandson and his fiance for a plaque I'm making for his upcoming wedding. I then went into Inkscape and set the size for the finished pattern so I could add text and clipart. I then loaded the gimp image into the inkscape sized pattern and added text over and under the portrait. I also added a clipart image. I now have my completed pattern in one place but have the following problems. First the completed pattern is composed of four separate parts, the portrait, text above, text below portrait, and the clipart. How can I get them all a part of one pattern, they are inside the pattern boarders but as separate pieces. Then how do I get it to print, I know it will have to go on two sheets of paper but when I print on my printer it will do what it can get on an 8.5 by 11 regular sheet and leave off the bottom. Appreciate any help you can give me. Gary

Thanks Travis that did it. I only tried using the pre=made brushes but could only get the square one. Gary

I have gotten to lesson 6 and when I activate a paintbrush it gives me a square to paint with which is unworkable. I have tried editing the brush to get the round one to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Gary

Thanks Travis your help is much appreciated. Now back to the University to refresh my memory. I let way to much time pass and our extreme hot weather is a great time to refresh as my shop is not air conditioned. Again my thanks. Gary

I went through the series on making a portrait pattern using GIMP but it has been over a year. Decided to try another one and my problem is when I get into GIMP the tool bar window can't be moved off of the main page and I cannot get to the bottom of the main page to change the settings to inches or whatever. It just won't go to the bottom of the page. Do I maybe need to refresh GIMP or possibly delete it and reload it? As you have probably figured out, not real computer literate. Appreciate any help. Thanks, Gary

Thanks for the great idea John. Never would have thought of it. Gary

Great idea, I never thought of doing it. Gary

Travis I join the others in thanking you for all of your work. Those of us who are computer challenged are most appreciative of all that you do. Gary

I wish you luck indeed Travis. I, like many others really enjoy the site and appreciate all your work. Gary

Art my thanks for the plunge router attachment for the dremel tool idea. I have been looking for a solution to the drilling a hole problem where the drill press will no longer reach. I also have seen some solutions on line and in magazines but they were far more than I wanted to spend. I have a couple of dremel tools so this looks like the solution, again my thanks. Gary

I too use blue painters tape on the wood and have used a spray adhesive from Hobby Lobby, can't think of the name right now. Ran out the other day and picked up a can of Elmers in the craft department at Wal Mart and it worked fine. The tape I believe is the key and peeling it off with no glue residue is great. Gary

Once again Travis thanks for the help. I will look into the Inkscape solution. Gary

How do I go about enlarging a pattern. I have one printed out but need to make it larger. Is there a program or something available to do it. I have tried on my own in GIMP but did not succeed. I can get it larger on the screen but when I print it there is no change. Probably a simple question for someone with some computer smarts, but I'm not one of those people. Thanks in advance for any help. Gary