Popular Post MarieC Posted Friday at 11:03 PM Popular Post Report Posted Friday at 11:03 PM I have seen this done on here before so I decided to give it a try. I am celebrating my daughter's birthday tomorrow and I needed a box to put her jewelry in. It really was a fun project to do. It is a Carole Rothman pattern. I used walnut for the box and Holly, Purple heart, Canary wood and Bloodwood for the ribbon. barb.j.enders, homebru, jerry walters and 15 others 12 6 Quote
Peter N White Posted Friday at 11:30 PM Report Posted Friday at 11:30 PM Very well done I am sure she will love it. MarieC 1 Quote
Mike Crosa Posted Friday at 11:31 PM Report Posted Friday at 11:31 PM Wow! Lovely box! MarieC 1 Quote
Scrappile Posted Friday at 11:40 PM Report Posted Friday at 11:40 PM Very beautiful Marie. Glad to see you post a project again. When are you going to come and show me how use this Hawk scroll saw I purchased. Getting a little more comfortable with it. BUT! MarieC 1 Quote
preprius Posted yesterday at 12:14 AM Report Posted yesterday at 12:14 AM talk about ribbon cutting, that stuff is hard. More details please.... What blade did you use for ribbons? how many hours of cutting just the ribbon? Did you use band saw? Me. Mark Eason MarieC 1 Quote
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted yesterday at 02:25 AM Report Posted yesterday at 02:25 AM I love it. These were on my list of things to try this year but health issues have slowed me down. Where did you get the pattern for the ribbons? Do you have a pattern you can share ? Is that real felt or did you do a Flocking? Looks real nice and am sure it will be a hit. MarieC 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted 21 hours ago Report Posted 21 hours ago Another stunning heirloom piece @MarieC MarieC 1 Quote
scrollerpete Posted 21 hours ago Report Posted 21 hours ago I also made this box for my wife many years ago and she still cherish it, another great pattern by Carole MarieC 1 Quote
rjweb Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago That is beautiful piece, happy birthday to your daughter, RJ MarieC 1 Quote
jerry walters Posted 7 hours ago Report Posted 7 hours ago WOW Marie, you do beautiful work. Jerry MarieC 1 Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago On 3/14/2025 at 11:40 PM, Scrappile said: Very beautiful Marie. Glad to see you post a project again. When are you going to come and show me how use this Hawk scroll saw I purchased. Getting a little more comfortable with it. BUT! Expand Thanks Paul, It was good to get back on the scroll saw. I was planning on coming down to your neck of the woods this coming Wednesday and was going to ask if you and Patti would mind if I stopped in....However, It looks like it might be the following week. I will let you know and see if you are going to be around. I did all my scroll work for that box on my Hawk...I really do like it. Thanks again Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago On 3/15/2025 at 12:14 AM, preprius said: talk about ribbon cutting, that stuff is hard. More details please.... What blade did you use for ribbons? how many hours of cutting just the ribbon? Did you use band saw? Me. Mark Eason Expand Mark, thanks so much! It really wasn't very difficult. I made a jig to hold my piece together during the compound cuts. That also helped me to not cut myself. I think the hardest part was cutting the pieces of wood really thin using my band saw before gluing them together. I have a Laguna 18" 5 HP monster bandsaw so resawing those little itty bitty pieces on that seemed a bit scary. I ended up gluing bigger pieces of scrap wood to them to hold them while I cut them into thin strips. Hot glue works great for that as I can heat it up with a heat gun and they come apart easily with out breaking the thin pieces if that makes sense. The blade I used was a #9 I think Pegas Reverse tooth?....I used my Hawk G4 26 which allows me to tighten the blade crazy tight to reduce drift, plus I practiced all my "stop drift" techniques I learned from all of the folks on here . Cutting the ribbon didn't take too long really. I did go through probably 8 blades though because of that darn purple heart. I am not really sure how long the entire ribbon took me though because I had a bunch of interruptions. Thanks again. mc trav90 1 Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago On 3/14/2025 at 11:30 PM, Peter N White said: Very well done I am sure she will love it. Expand Peter, Thank you! I gave it to her today and she really couldn't believe it. It was well worth seeing the smile on her face when I gave it to her. She was more excited about the box than she was about the expensive necklace and earrings I put in the box. Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago On 3/15/2025 at 2:25 AM, JTTHECLOCKMAN said: I love it. These were on my list of things to try this year but health issues have slowed me down. Where did you get the pattern for the ribbons? Do you have a pattern you can share ? Is that real felt or did you do a Flocking? Looks real nice and am sure it will be a hit. Expand Thank you so much! You really should make one once you are back on your feet. It was super fun seeing it develop and you are so talented that it wouldn't be difficult at all for you. I did use flocking on the inside. I work for Woodcraft and we sell alot of colors in our store. But sometimes it is hit or miss. I was lucky to get purple. I bought a used book for the pattern and instructions. She is really pretty good at describing the steps. It was interesting that she was a cake decorator prior to being a woodworker so she had a good idea of how to make ribbons out of frostings ....Here is the book I used: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/creative-wooden-boxes-from-the-scroll-saw-28-useful--surprisingly-easy-to-make-projects_carole-rothman/3293769/item/58617746/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_scarce_%2410_%2450_17400876848&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwytS-BhCKARIsAMGJyzpI6Foa32hGFXiidQ8ziy-dKftGxSScXvg2qW1lzHqzqucJScGHuR0aAvZFEALw_wcB#idiq=58617746&edition=7974845 Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago 21 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: Another stunning heirloom piece @MarieC Expand Thanks so much Barb, coming from you that is quite the compliment! Thanks again Quote
MarieC Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago 21 hours ago, scrollerpete said: I also made this box for my wife many years ago and she still cherish it, another great pattern by Carole Expand Pete, did you make any of the other boxes in the book? If so, which one....mc Quote
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