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No there's no 'backer'. I'll try and explain. Behind the cat is some black card. The cat is glued to the card. Then there's the 'oval' cut out of b/b and stained dark brown and glued to the cat. Here's a smaller piece made the same way but not yet put together that may help 'show' what I've done.

Have put a picture above. It was just a vector graphic off the Internet.

The Tiger is an H.Botas pattern, the birds are just a vector graphic that I found a couple of years ago and it cut really nice so I kept it. I just cut the dark bits.

Thanks Frank. The cat 'oval' is actually a piece of b/b cut ½" wide and put on top of the cat like a faux frame. The birds I must admit are always enjoyed, simple but sweet.

I finally got my act together enough to cut the damn cat !!!! A couple of pieces made for an upcoming raffle.

Oh Wow. Well done, it's great. !

That is stunning. Beautiful job. May I ask where you got the pattern from ? I'd love that in my house. x

Beautiful. Not a painter of wood myself but would love to see it done.

Yep, it's that kind of day. ! Tony only wears cotton shirts so iron I must. or he turns up bare chested which at his age is not a pretty sight

Today I made ... (drum roll) !!! Firewood !! Went to my workshop today to make a Tiger for an upcoming event where it would be 'raffled' for charity. Now, I've cut this pattern a dozen times, it's not a difficult cut, but could I do it today ? No... So I've decided to go and do my ironing instead, keep your fingers cross that my dear husband has some shirts left by the time I've finished.

I do the same although our Dollar Tree is called The Pound Shop. Works for sanding and it holds my wood in place when using my router.

What a great gift and a lovely, kind, thoughtful thing to do. !

Good to see you back at your saw Ralph. Nice work !

Aww, that's so cute. Good job !

I've taken this, thank you very much. It's appreciated.

Ooh, I like that. Great work !

Nope, I don't think it is !!! I just read 'I don't understand what a light box is.' I didn't put my brain in gear enough to read the whole thread

It's a box with four sides and one side has a 'picture' of something scrolled out. You put lights inside and put lid on. It can act like a night light. They are very popular on some FB sites.

Welcome to the Village from here in the U.K. I joined 3yrs ago when I first started scrolling at the age of 66yrs and there isn't a better place for anything Scrollsaw. People here are so pleasant and willing to help in anyway they can. Enjoy !!

Must admit I've never had this problem, even on the 'fussiest of patterns', but as I've said, I use this method to convert my black/white patterns to grey/red so perhaps because the original patterns were good, this method works great for me. The 0.25 outline works best for me as it's the size that fits my blade and the one I find easiest to follow. Everyone does it differently to suit themselves.

Me too, I can turn a pattern to grey/red, never said I could give a full course in Inkscape, sorry. Youtube your best bet for all your questions I think

You are more than welcome, I hope it helps. I'm not really 'computer literate', but I honestly struggle seeing a black blade on a black outline so I forced myself to learn how to do the grey/red patterns so that I could carry on enjoying scrolling.

Depends on your printer I suppose. It will print only the size of the 'page' that is on Inkscape and you can make that 'page' different sizes. go to 'File' in the top left hand corner and in the drop box chose 'Document Properties', I only ever use A4 or multiples of as this is all my printer will take. So if I need a 'larger' pattern I position my pattern over the 'page' when I print, so that I ultimately print all of it and then tape them together.

I have created a new 'Topic' in 'General Scroll Sawing' for the instructions, as I feel we've take to much room already from what was after all @Jim Blume post. My apologies Jim, it was not intentional, things just ran away in a different direction.

As promised in another post. This is the way I create a grey pattern with a red outline in Inkscape. I have a preference for these colours as I find a black line difficult to follow with a scrollsaw blade whereas my blade stands out against a red line. I've condensed the process into 6 stages. 1) At the Top Lefthand corner of the page there is a 'File' button. Click on this and a box will drop down. Click ‘Import’ button and find the pattern you want and click on it and that will take it to your Inkscape screen. Click on your image so that it’s got a 'box' around it. 2) At the very top of the screen you will see a line of various words (File-Edit-View) etc. Click on ‘Path’ and a box will appear, then click on ‘Trace Bitmap’ a drop box will appear on the screen and show you the pattern that you've 'outlined' Click on ‘Live Preview’ if you don’t see it and your pattern will appear in the box Click on ‘OK’ This will make an SVG copy of your pattern. 3) Click on and drag the copies apart. The ‘top’ copy is the one you use. 4) Highlight this copy and click on the ‘Grey’ paint box at the bottom of the screen and this will turn the pattern Grey and you will see that colour in the ‘Fill’ box that is at the very bottom of the page. 5) While you still have your image highlighted, Right Click on ‘Red’ paint at the bottom of the screen and a box will popup, select ‘Set Stroke’ and this will give you a Red outline, you will see this in the ‘Stroke’ box that is underneath the 'Fill' box. You can also adjust the width of the outline by doing a ‘right click’ on the tiny numbers next to the ‘Stroke’ box, a drop box of widths will appear ( I use 0.25 as this suits my #3 blade nicely) but you can play with the different widths until you find one that suits you. 6) Go to the 'File' button at the top lefthand corner and choose 'Print', this will open a 'box' so that you can chose your printer. I then click the 'Preferences' button and it will show me whether I've chosen 'Portrait' or 'Landscape' on my Inkscape page. I personally then have to go to 'Advanced' and choose A4 paper size as that's what we commonly use here in the UK, I'm not sure what any other country has as a default but there are a few choices. You can then print your pattern. Bear in mind that Inkscape only prints what is inside the 'page' that is shown on your screen. I then ‘save’ these changes so that if I cut the pattern again it’s already sorted and ready to print. I hope this is helpful and that I've laid it out in a manner that can be understood and followed. If not, let me know.