Travis Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Well, July 4th is right around the corner! Fireworks, celebrations, and Old Glory flapping in the wind. Its time for another challenge! Entry is easy. Just post a cutting of a 4th of July or any other patriotic design in your User's Gallery and post a link in this thread! Fretwork, portraits of famous patriots, intarsia, or a bit of lawn art! Anything goes! For our friends outside the US, we'd love to see some national pride from you as well! This is your opportunity to get creative! H'bout pattern designers? Many of you have taken the GIMP class and have all of this untapped talent! Bust out your GIMP program and create a pattern to show off your new skills! Maybe a Eagle Pattern? Military art? H'bout some portraits of past presidents or other patriots? Just post your pattern to the Pattern Library and post a link here. Lets have some fun! Happy 4th Of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirNationalGuardMom Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I have a couple cuttings for the 4th. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Those turned out awesome, Linda! The wordart is awesome and the ribbons look like they're great gifts for you son's unit! Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasemonkeyredneck Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I posted it to my gallery some time back, when I first joined this community, but I'd like to enter the Patriot Clock. This clock is made entirely of mahogany. It stands around 41" tall. It consists of the original Patriot Clock design by Steve Goode. Then for the bottom, I added the POW/MIA photo. Then for the sides of the bottom I used common 2" stencils and cut "Pride" on one side and "Honor" on the other. I also downloaded the POW/MIA photo from Steve Goode at Scrollsaw Workshop. Then I added a second level between the POW/MIA and the main clock. In the middle of this clock, I realized it called for an insert in the "God Bless America" section. I usually don't keep inserts around since I do larger clocks. So, for the second level, I designed a clock face using stars instead of numbers. This clock face, while simple, was one of the first things I ever designed for myself. I was proud of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britetomro Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thought that I would throw in a cutting of a legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 WOW WOW WOW............great cuttings Linda, Greasemonkey and Britetomro! Way cool. Thanks so much for participating. I just love seeing the goodies. I have a pattern in progress for this challenge..........will post it soon. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 wow is right. I have the perfect intarsia piece for this challenge, but Don't think I will have it done in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry5180 Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Great job on all of those so far. I'll see if I get the chance to get a pattern together for this challenge. The fourth is always one of my favorite celebrations so I'll see what I can come up with. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirNationalGuardMom Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Here's my pattern for the 4th of July. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 WOW. What an impressive start! This is a lot of fun! That clock is awesome, greasemonkey. I really like how you took a existing pattern and made it your own. Very impressive clock. The picture of the Duke is amazing, Ron. Very nice cutting! You've got to upload that to your User's Gallery! You can't get much more American than the Duke. Thanks for the God Bless America pattern, Linda! I think that will be a very popular one. Easy to cut and would make a great shelf sitter. I gotta get started on my pattern before I'm left in the dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britetomro Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Thanks for the kind words Travis. Just uploaded the Duke to my Gallery and also included a couple of others recently as well. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intarsia92 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 I posted a Intarsia that I feel fits this Challenge. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Boy, that turned out really pretty. Nicely done! Is the background painted or is it stained? Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intarsia92 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Yes Travis the flag in the background is painted Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Absolutely gorgeous Al..........you did a great job on it! Thanks for participating and good luck. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 I was looking through our gallery and found a couple of pix that fit perfectly with this challenge. So I thought I'd brag on their behalf! Here's a great cutting by bluelucky. Here's a great pattern by Clockman! Good job you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Being from the uk Not quite sure how you will respond to this pattern please delete it if you think it is in bad taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Unless I'm missing some inside joke (which I often do), I don't think its in bad taste at all. Great pattern, Grampa! Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joscrolls Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 A nice easy one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Great find Travis...........thanks for sharing them both.........they are great! Also, if you're missing an inside joke about Grandpa's entry then so am I... Great pattern Grandpa.......I love it and I don't see a thing offensive about it! Great pattern Jo...........I like the simplicity. Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry5180 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Being from the uk Not quite sure how you will respond to this pattern please delete it if you think it is in bad taste. Not sure why this would be offensive. To me it speaks to a friendship between to great nations. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 A nice easy one: Great design, joscrolls! Put a sawtooth hanger on it or some jute twine to hang it on a door. Look awesome painted too. Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lang Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ok, I had a few minutes to spare today so thought I would post a pattern for the contest. This is something I came up with this morning and worked on it all day. Couldn't do much today except lay around (having one of my bad days), so hope everyone likes it and enjoy cutting it. It might be a simple saying but means a lot. O yea, Travis, I posted this here b/c of the type of pattern but, I'm not entering it. I only wanted to post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lang Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Here is another patriotic pattern for you all. This one was originally a historical picture I got from the "National Historic Site" here in Ft. Smith, AR a while back. I was going through my pattern disks and came across it. Again, this isn't posted for the contest, just posted here b/c of the type. Hope you all enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lang Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Sorry about this, I got button clicking happy LOL. Here's the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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