Popular Post Dak0ta52 Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 I've always been amazed by the members of this forum that can take a picture and make it into a cuttable pattern. Last weekend my wife wanted me to take some pictures of her working with training one of our puppies. I caught a picture of Oreo going over a jump with a dumb bell. Although I had assistance using Cute Cutter, I made a pattern having to add some bridges and then was able to cut the piece. This is my Valentine's gift to my wife. The piece is cut on 1/4-inch Maple stained with Minwax Natural and sprayed with 3 coats of Polyacrylic with 500 grit sanding between coats. The backer is black construction paper. The frame is also Maple stained Minwax Espresso finished with Boiled Linseed Oil and Mineral Spirits. I splined the corners of the frame using Walnut shims. The piece was cut using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. The cross is a new Easter topper for my picket fence board welcome sign. It is cut using 1/4-inch Birch stained Minwax Natural and finished with 3-coats of Polyacrylic, sanding between coats. It was cut using Pegas 2/0 MGT and 0 skip tooth. The backer is Pine sprayed gloss Red. The pattern is by Bulldog 557. The last two are Jim Blume's Americana series. This is Americana 15, both cut in Maple with a Pine backer using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. They were finished with Minwax Natural stain and then given 3 coats of Polyacrylic. The backers are Birch, one stained Minwax Espresso and the other sprayed gloss black. I will be framing these to match my previous pieces from this series using 1X8 cut down to 1 3/4-inches. Hope you like them and as always, comments are always welcome. FrankEV, meflick, jollyred and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Great pictures... That cute cutter,does a pretty decent job.. It one knew how, I think they could do most their work with it and then move it over to Gimp for some final touches if they thought it was needed. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Beautiful work, RJ Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 You did a terrific job on the pattern and cutting of Oreo, well done. Terrific work on all of your projects. Marg Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Fabulous work Rodney. Really like the one of Oreo. You captured her well and nicely framed. Had thought of doing patterns but have too many things on the go. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 fantastic work Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 You have been busy. great work and all sure to. Be appreciated. By the recipients who get them. Your wife will love her valentine gift. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 Nice job Rodney. Happy cutting of the dog! Glad to see someone else using Cute Cutter. The more you play with it the more fun it is. I like that it sort of intuitively helps when you're making adjustments. Just wish it would let you zoom in more than it does and make more minute changes. If there's some software out there that does what Cute Cutter does but lets you zoom in more I'd buy it. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted February 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Charlie E said: Nice job Rodney. Happy cutting of the dog! Glad to see someone else using Cute Cutter. The more you play with it the more fun it is. I like that it sort of intuitively helps when you're making adjustments. Just wish it would let you zoom in more than it does and make more minute changes. If there's some software out there that does what Cute Cutter does but lets you zoom in more I'd buy it. I agree. I've tried to make patterns in Inkscape and Gimp without success. I probably need to go over Travis' instructional videos in the University area again. In this particular pattern (above) I had the "cut out" area in black. I'm working on another pattern in Cute Cutter and realized you can change the black to gray which is my prefered shade so I can see the blade better. I then open the pattern in Inkscape and change the "stroke" to red. I agree you can't get extensively detailed patterns in Cute Cutter but when you don't know how to create patterns in other programs, it works better than nothing. I don't know what program you use but you are kill'in it making patterns. Charlie E and heppnerguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, Dak0ta52 said: I agree. I've tried to make patterns in Inkscape and Gimp without success. I probably need to go over Travis' instructional videos in the University area again. In this particular pattern (above) I had the "cut out" area in black. I'm working on another pattern in Cute Cutter and realized you can change the black to gray which is my prefered shade so I can see the blade better. I then open the pattern in Inkscape and change the "stroke" to red. I agree you can't get extensively detailed patterns in Cute Cutter but when you don't know how to create patterns in other programs, it works better than nothing. I don't know what program you use but you are kill'in it making patterns. Thank you very much! I'm using Cute Cutter, but it does take a very long time. I enjoy it though so I don't really mind. I've been using black, then changing the fill to gray with a red stroke in Inkscape. I did one the other day with light blue fill and red stroke and really liked it. The blades seemed easier to see. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 That's pretty good cutting and making of the pattern. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbow388 Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Nice job on all of them. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 great looking projects. All of them are really nice. Way to go Dick heppnerguy Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrollshrimp Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 Lovely work and a lovely dog too ! Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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