October - Scroll Saw Challenge

[Travis]

It's October!  Time to pull out my Halloween decorations.    Not sure how Halloween is going to play out this year, which makes me a little sad for the kids.  But at least I can decorate the house.  This month's theme is October.  It can be Halloween, fall, harvest, pumpkins, Green Day or whatever you think of.  Have fun with it!  

 

 

[Kris Martinson]

Here's a backlit ghoul that I made last year.

[Kris Martinson]

This is a backlit Voodoo Queen that I made a few years ago.

[FrankEV]

Made door hamging Pumpkins for the naeighbors on each side of me with their names in them,  Then made a "Happy Fall Y'all" sign for the front of my house. 

[WolfmoonCT]

12 hours ago, Kris Martinson said:

This is a backlit Voodoo Queen that I made a few years ago.

Not sure I'll ever be able to cut that fine of lines...  or with that much detail..

[RabidAlien]

Here's a few I did back in March, before all the quarantine stuff, to get a head start on Halloween:

1.  Ash ("Evil Dead" movie series)

2. Alfred Hitchcock (writer/director of horror movies such as "The Birds")

3.  H. P. Lovecraft (early 20th century horror author, creator of the 'Cthulu' and 'Elder Ones' mythos, inspiration for many modern horror writers)

4.  Edgar Allen Poe (horror poet, author)

5.  Oogie-Boogie Man ("Nightmare Before Christmas" movie villain)

6.  no idea.  Found it on Google, thought it was a wickedly cool creepy smile.

7.  All of them, stained and framed.

[trackman]

Made this for a wedding that is going to be on Halloween. Each guest is to sign a bat. 

[WolfmoonCT]

8 hours ago, trackman said:

Made this for a wedding that is going to be on Halloween. Each guest is to sign a bat. 

That's pretty cool.   So I take it each bat is a cut out glued to the backer?

[BadBob]

I just recently discovered the "Halloween Wedding." Its a thing. When posting videos on Pinterest, it's one of the approved tags you can add to your video.

[trackman]

2 hours ago, WolfmoonCT said:

That's pretty cool.   So I take it each bat is a cut out glued to the backer?

Yes 250 of them

[amazingkevin]

On 10/1/2020 at 7:46 PM, FrankEV said:

Made door hamging Pumpkins for the naeighbors on each side of me with their names in them,  Then made a "Happy Fall Y'all" sign for the front of my house. 

Frank , hi I,d like to know a little more about your projects here such as who,s patterns are,the the sizes. I,ve been hot on trying to find a "B" for the pumpkin before the holiday pass,s . And the happy fall I want to do too good job cutting and painting well done my friend.im still working on cleaning up my pictures  don,t have it down pat yet but it's in the works!!! Keep your work coming!!!

[Denny Knappen]

I am not into Halloween, so I don't make many Halloween projects. This is a project completed in 2014.

[FrankEV]

1 hour ago, amazingkevin said:

Frank , hi I,d like to know a little more about your projects here such as who,s patterns are,the the sizes. I,ve been hot on trying to find a "B" for the pumpkin before the holiday pass,s . And the happy fall I want to do too good job cutting and painting well done my friend.im still working on cleaning up my pictures  don,t have it down pat yet but it's in the works!!! Keep your work coming!!!

Kevin,

The "Pumkins" are cut from 1/2 X !2 X 12 Sanded Ply from patterns purchased from https://theholzbrothers.com/ ($3.79/downloadable).  You can get any name of letter you want.  Painted with rattel can orange and acrylic green for the stem.

The "Happy Fall Y'All" is a Steve Good  pattern.  He gives you a small and a large pattern.  I did the large approximately 12 X 11.  I used 1/4 BB for the cut and afixed to 1/2" sanded ply backer painted dark brown.  The Leaves were painted with acrylic craft paint.  Applied a multi coats of polyurethane  to make it suitable for outdoor use. 

HTH

Frank 

[BadBob]

I make Halloween items every year to sell and give away. Sales are weird. Sometimes something will take off and sell more than I have time to make. Others don't sell at all but get lots of views and likes.

One of these is currently my best seller. Can you guess which one?

 

On 10/3/2020 at 4:56 AM, BadBob said:

I make Halloween items every year to sell and give away. Sales are weird. Sometimes something will take off and sell more than I have time to make. Others don't sell at all but get lots of views and likes.

One of these is currently my best seller. Can you guess which one?

For me my favorite would be the skeleton, he is awesome.  I would think the kids would go for the Bat just above Boo.  He looks a lot like Batman.  I love them all.

 

Too many to choose from. Are those your patterns or where do you get them? We have two neighbors eac of which have two little children. Would love to make some for them. Love your work!

I posted these in the wrong place. I intended them to go into the October Challenge.

 

I bought some of them but the rest are from Patrick Spielman's books. I have almost every one of his books.

 

The rest are from this set.

 

Thanks. I'll have to check out his books. 

 

On 10/4/2020 at 6:35 AM, BadBob said:

I posted these in the wrong place. I intended them to go into the October Challenge.

 

I bought some of them but the rest are from Patrick Spielman's books. I have almost every one of his books.

 

The rest are from this set.

So, which one is your best seller? 

On 10/3/2020 at 10:47 AM, Rockytime said:

Too many to choose from. Are those your patterns or where do you get them? We have two neighbors eac of which have two little children. Would love to make some for them. Love your work!

From the pictures they look small. I assume you know of choking hazards for kids or anyone else thinking of cutting a little pattern for kids. RJF

 

On 10/3/2020 at 10:51 AM, teachnlearn said:

From the pictures they look small. I assume you know of choking hazards for kids or anyone else thinking of cutting a little pattern for kids. RJF

I believe as long as it doesn’t pass through a toilet paper roll tube it’s safe. Does anyone have toilet paper?

 

On 10/3/2020 at 7:32 PM, Roberta Moreton said:

I believe as long as it doesn’t pass through a toilet paper roll tube it’s safe. Does anyone have toilet paper?

Use to subscribe to a newspaper. Now that their mostly gone and the news is on the internet I've had to go to used computer screens. RJF

 

On 10/3/2020 at 9:07 PM, teachnlearn said:

Use to subscribe to a newspaper. Now that their mostly gone and the news is on the internet I've had to go to used computer screens. RJF

Hi Rick:
Makes sense using your computer (screen) to read the news - Most of it is crap anyway
Now, back to our regularly scheduled post
Fab4

 

On 10/3/2020 at 10:47 AM, Rockytime said:

Are those your patterns or where do you get them?

 Some I recognize as Patrick Spielman patterns;

 

[meflick]

On 10/3/2020 at 12:34 PM, amazingkevin said:

Frank , hi I,d like to know a little more about your projects here such as who,s patterns are,the the sizes. I,ve been hot on trying to find a "B" for the pumpkin before the holiday pass,s . And the happy fall I want to do too good job cutting and painting well done my friend.im still working on cleaning up my pictures  don,t have it down pat yet but it's in the works!!! Keep your work coming!!!

Kevin - as Frank noted the Happy Fall sign is from Steve Good a few weeks ago and you can find it here. https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/08/happy-fall-yall-scroll-saw-pattern.html

Then you can check dafont website for monogram fonts, the kk one should give you a good B to use. The pumpkin should easily be developed from a simple silhouette. You can find some to pick from with a quick google search for free pumpkin silhouette clip art.

You can find the font I mentioned here: https://www.dafont.com/monogram-kk.font and a free silhouette pumpkin. I think you Have been scrolling long enough and doing lettering to be able to work out. What you need from there. If not, let us know and someone can probably help you out if you can’t afford to buy the one like Frank did.

[meflick]

On 10/3/2020 at 12:59 PM, Denny Knappen said:

I am not into Halloween, so I don't make many Halloween projects. This is a project completed in 2014.

Denny, that is so cute. Do you remember where you got the pattern from?

[amazingkevin]

2 hours ago, meflick said:

Kevin - as Frank noted the Happy Fall sign is from Steve Good a few weeks ago and you can find it here. https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/08/happy-fall-yall-scroll-saw-pattern.html

Then you can check dafont website for monogram fonts, the kk one should give you a good B to use. The pumpkin should easily be developed from a simple silhouette. You can find some to pick from with a quick google search for free pumpkin silhouette clip art.

You can find the font I mentioned here: https://www.dafont.com/monogram-kk.font and a free silhouette pumpkin. I think you Have been scrolling long enough and doing lettering to be able to work out. What you need from there. If not, let us know and someone can probably help you out if you can’t afford to buy the one like Frank did.

I am overwhelmed at your perseverance to help a fellow scroller out.your putting me on a pedestal !!! Thank you so much!!!

[ChelCass]

Some Halloween Ornaments I make to hang on my tree or I will put magnets on the back and put them on the refrigerator

[Woodmaster1]

Here's a picture of a beer tote with zombie dust as a theme.

 

[Frank Pellow]

When I think of October in Ontario, I think of the leaves and changing colour.  We get a great display even on our street but the best display that I have seen is along the Ottawa River east of Mattawa.  Most years I take that route at least once in Autumn but, alas, not this year.

Back to the topic at hand:  We have a set of seasonal Welcome signs for our front door.  I cut the original from Sheila Landry patterns and have, since, augmented those with some of my own design.  One of my designs features Autumn leaves.

                                                           

[Denny Knappen]

On 10/4/2020 at 7:24 PM, meflick said:

Denny, that is so cute. Do you remember where you got the pattern from?

Sorry Melanie, I didn’t see your question.  The pattern is by Sue Mey and purchased from her website.

[lawson56]

Here are my 2.

[ChelCass]

On 10/3/2020 at 12:34 PM, amazingkevin said:

Frank , hi I,d like to know a little more about your projects here such as who,s patterns are,the the sizes. I,ve been hot on trying to find a "B" for the pumpkin before the holiday pass,s . And the happy fall I want to do too good job cutting and painting well done my friend.im still working on cleaning up my pictures  don,t have it down pat yet but it's in the works!!! Keep your work coming!!!

Hey Kevin,   Have you checked Steve Good's site for your *B*?  He has a few different styles to choose from.

[amazingkevin]

1 hour ago, ChelCass said:

Hey Kevin,   Have you checked Steve Good's site for your *B*?  He has a few different styles to choose from.

It's so hard to find what you need in his site the way he catagorized things.i looked profusdly.thanks

[new2woodwrk]

We finished our Halloween cuts and decorated the office door

Thanks as always in advance for reading

Edited October 7, 2020 by new2woodwrk