meflick Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) Well, I know I haven't posted many projects lately. Sometimes I hate the work to get it done to share! Plus, while I have done a few things - I haven't done a lot for various reasons. I did recently really like the curved lid box that Steve Good shared on his blog a few days ago. You can find it on his site here: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/06/curved-lid-box.html; On his pattern, he used a lotus flower I believe, but I decided to use the butterfly in honor of my mother's love for them since this week would have been her 82nd birthday. We unfortunately lost her 4 years ago to Alzheimer's. I wanted a simple butterfly design so did a google search for a simple butterfly silhouette image. The box body is cherry, top of lid is maple, and inside of butterfly is purple heart. I have not completely finished the box. I had just finished sanding it and wiping it down with MS and thought I better go get a picture! So, while I was going to take the picture of my box, I figured I would take a picture of the hot air ballon puzzles that I did a while back as well. The hot air ballon puzzles were designed by Sarah Lyn Chamberlain. The Orange and white one was published in the Summer, 2020, Issue 79 of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine. It is the one with the tree frog Intarsia on the front cover found here: https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/scroll-saw-woodworking-crafts-issue-79-summer-2020.html - Besides the pattern they put in the magazine, - they provided the second puzzle as a free download from their website which can be found here: https://1.shortstack.com/0tCJnG - They were cut from poplar wood and then painted full strength with Unicorn Spit paints. I thought they needed some bright colors as most hot air balloons do. The orange and white was in honor of my beloved hometown TN Vols and my daughter, who was here quarantine at the time, picked the colors for the other one. Just wanted you all to know that I am still scrolling some. Edited June 27, 2020 by meflick typos - but still probably some there! Fish, GrampaJim, jollyred and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Very nicely done! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Love the box and the puzzles are great too! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 You did a wonderful job on all three projects! I thought about doing the curved lid box. Still thinking. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 beautiful work on all three Melaine. Interesting I'm working on my own desigmed curved lid jewerly box. Little more work to do. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Fabulous work Melanie. Love the colors on the balloons. Marg meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oges Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Lovely work on all the projects meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 terrific work meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Very nice indeed! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Fine cutting. Interesting too. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 A few very nice pieces Melanie. The puzzles are great and I really like the box. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 5:26 PM, meflick said: Well, I know I haven't posted many projects lately. Sometimes I hate the work to get it done to share! Plus, while I have done a few things - I haven't done a lot for various reasons. I did recently really like the curved lid box that Steve Good shared on his blog a few days ago. You can find it on his site here: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/06/curved-lid-box.html; On his pattern, he used a lotus flower I believe, but I decided to use the butterfly in honor of my mother's love for them since this week would have been her 82nd birthday. We unfortunately lost her 4 years ago to Alzheimer's. I wanted a simple butterfly design so did a google search for a simple butterfly silhouette image. The box body is cherry, top of lid is maple, and inside of butterfly is purple heart. I have not completely finished the box. I had just finished sanding it and wiping it down with MS and thought I better go get a picture! So, while I was going to take the picture of my box, I figured I would take a picture of the hot air ballon puzzles that I did a while back as well. The hot air ballon puzzles were designed by Sarah Lyn Chamberlain. The Orange and white one was published in the Summer, 2020, Issue 79 of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine. It is the one with the tree frog Intarsia on the front cover found here: https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/scroll-saw-woodworking-crafts-issue-79-summer-2020.html - Besides the pattern they put in the magazine, - they provided the second puzzle as a free download from their website which can be found here: https://1.shortstack.com/0tCJnG - They were cut from poplar wood and then painted full strength with Unicorn Spit paints. I thought they needed some bright colors as most hot air balloons do. The orange and white was in honor of my beloved hometown TN Vols and my daughter, who was here quarantine at the time, picked the colors for the other one. Just wanted you all to know that I am still scrolling some. Cream of the crop!!!!!!!! meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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