Welcome sign with a fish

[Joe W.]

So this lady at the Farmer's Market asks if I could make her a sign for her.

She wanted Welcome with a fish underneath of it.  
So I did some old school manual (scissors and tape) and merged two of Steve Good's patterns together and emailed her a copy.  She liked it, so this morning I got a good refresher in cutting 1/8" Baltic Birch and small cuts.
Went slow and am happy with the results.  
Now to turn it over to the painter (my wife) for her to finish.

[Dak0ta52]

Looks like you created just what the customer wanted. Nice job cutting and design.

[FrankEV]

Well done.  That really came out nice.  

Curious, why so small for a welcome sign? And, will they be mounted back to back on a common backer?

[Joe W.]

1 hour ago, FrankEV said:

Curious, why so small for a welcome sign? And, will they be mounted back to back on a common backer?

 Thanks Frank.

The lady said it was going to be placed on a bedroom room, a guest room as I understand it.

I have a 1/8" backer for it the same outline as the pattern.  Colors are light blue for background and yellow for the sign itself.
It was an interesting difference going from cutting mostly 1/2" & 3/4" patterns to a single piece of 1/8"baltic birch. Much slower speed for that piece.  

[daveww1]

excellent job

[lawson56]

It looks Awesome!!! I do know where your coming from, about the thickness difference in woods. I went from3/4 to 1/4. It took a little while to get use to. Now I love it. So much easier on me and my saw.

[Joe W.]

2 hours ago, lawson56 said:

 I do know where your coming from, about the thickness difference in woods. I went from3/4 to 1/4. It took a little while to get use to. Now I love it. So much easier on me and my saw.

It was just a passing thought - like you, it took a little while to get used to and I went slow as I didn't want to mess up the letters.  

 

[wombatie]

That is terrific.  I am like you I like scissors and tape, I also like black marker pens and white out. 

Marg

[John B]

On 8/30/2022 at 7:08 PM, Joe W. said:

It was an interesting difference going from cutting mostly 1/2" & 3/4" patterns to a single piece of 1/8"baltic birch. Much slower speed for that piece.  

A nice effort. I sometimes find that the paper scissors, pencil and tape is much quicker the mucking around on the computer.
Cutting a single thickness of thin ply is a PITA. I will usually stack 2,unless it is name or photo, and the chances are the second will sell as well and it turns out quicker, I think.