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Love the napkin holder!!

Probably my first complex project, Black Walnut, locally milled, base approx 3/4 " thick, took another piece from same board, hand sawed in half then Stack Cut. Finished with wipe on poly

Finished this Wine Napkin Holder, pattern is from Sue Mey. edward

Finished this Nativity Napkin Holder, put a different bottom on from the original pattern. I think this would be a good seller, and it is a Sue Mey pattern. edward

Halloween is over, now we're into November. This time of year always reminds me of big meals with the family with Thanksgiving and Christmas. We'd break out our nice tablecloths, dishes, and silverware. Then we'd share a meal with the family. So I this scroll saw challenge is about the table. It's pretty open to interpretation. But anything you'd use for sharing a meal with your family, table decoration, or personalization. So these could be things like trivets, napkin holder, name card holders, centerpieces, serving items, etc. When you post, maybe tell us a little family tradition you have. It'll be fun to see what you come up with.

A Napkin holder that my Beautiful Bride requested.

A recent post brought up a subject, Fads, that I thought to expand upon here. I made one of the napkin holders that seemed to be a great idea, but it has sat on the selling table for 2 years with only a passing interest. What are some of the "fads" that you have seen?

I made this napkin basket for as a gift for my wife a few years ago. She usually receives many compliments on it when we have guests.

haven't made any napkin holders Where I live most people just have a roll of paper towel close to the tv tray and the table is covered with old, unread newspapers. Ha Ha

I was going to make a couple of napkin holders, reckon I missed the boat

The two that I noticed were, as you mentioned 'napkin holders' and also 'name' plaques. I did a lot of both. Then along came the 'Gnomes'.. I haven't done one yet

Those napkin holder seemed be "all the rage" a couple of years ago, but dropped out of sight pretty quickly.

Here's a napkin holder I made.

I made this for Halloween since my wife loves the season.

Hello Group, I have been busy designing and cutting these Personalized napkin holders. They are: 1 for my wife and 3 for close friends. I chose not to put backers. Actually I have never used backers This was too much work as it is. I spent about 2 hours just for cutting each pair of sides. I was going slow. I stacked cut each pair of panels with FDUR #1. Remember the problem I was having with blades bending backward. I was working on these Now I am done with cutting, I am not sure how to finish them. I tried a few sample scrap pieces with different stains & just oils. I think I like the finished of red Mahogany. Would you please throw some advice my way? I appreciate the help Thank you

Just finished this. Used bits & pieces of a pattern for a cathedral clock I made many moons ago. It will be given to a couple that do volunteer work at our Church.

she wanted fancy wood ,so i dug thru my cedar and find a raw pretty piece.I cut it in half on the table saw, run it thru the planner,and sand all pieces Planed two pieces to 3/16 and add a 1/8 piece of wood to the back later.It's a modified steve good napkin holder with here company logo on both sides "R" Rainbow cleaning machines.She wants two but taking all day for one lets see what pans out in the dollar catagorie(big).lol I glue the r with white glue an used a "spray it" sprayer with min wax fast dry polyurethane everywhere.I held it in my hand an sprayed it with no runs thats how fast it dryed.The "spray it" mist coats it so that's probably why it dried so fast plus it's old stuff ,never opened Hugo is a guy that wants his wifes and babys name soon when the babys born

I guess I should wait till I get a bunch of stuff done then post,all at once,lol anyway Steve Goods pattern thanks for looking. Jerry

pictures for the turkey napkin holders dressed and undressed.This is old pattern that some of you may have but others may not This was cut using FR 5 with 3/8" Baltioc Birch ply. Thanks for comments and the look see. Jerry

The napkin holders are cut from 1" Mahogany and finished with Tung Oil. These turkeys were cut from pine and the tail feathers from 1/8 BB. The stand is a slice of 1 1/2" dowel. DW

I just finished a Valentine's Day project for my wife from Sue Mey pattern. It's a napkin holder. I added a red 1/8" plexi-glass backer to both sides. It cuts very well with an 80 tooth blade on the table saw and a #2 on the scroll saw. Attached to face piece with CA glue.

Hello to all. Let me explain something to you about patterns in Russia. 1. On the example of napkin holders. Suppose I drew a pattern and sold it to another person. He shared a free pattern with a friend. (it's hard to call piracy) A friend sawed a napkin holder and posted a photo of the network. Another "designer" saw the photo and sketched the pattern, maybe not even for sale, but as a gift to his wife. In a couple of years, every third master will have such patterns and it will be almost impossible to find the author. Such patterns acquire the status of folk. 2. If I am the author and found a napkin holder made according to my pattern, even on sale, even if I don’t get my commission from these sales. I will not sue. First of all, I painted a pattern for my own pleasure and I feel sorry for the time for litigation. Secondly, these "pirates" greatly save me money on advertising. They simply do not realize that they are helping me. ))) 3. An example of expensive patterns. In Russia, there is a company that makes parametric furniture. A strong company, with its designers and advertising agency. Some of their patterns sell. The average price of 1000 dollars. A year later, they post their patterns on the net for free. When I was surprised to ask the founder of the company why they were doing this, the answer was received: First, the creation of each pattern over time pays off. Secondly, sooner or later, these patterns will still emerge in the network. It's unavoidable! So let it be better we ourselves will lay them out in good quality. As a manifestation of charity. It seems to me that this is quite logical and fair.

I don't think this would be hard for a pattern maker. Some close up photos of one here https://www.etsy.com/listing/573699623/rustic-napkin-holder-unique-napkin-stand?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=unique+napkin+holder&ref=sr_gallery-1-40

Fortune Teller Game Pattern Well, who doesn't like a good game or story with the Devil as the featured character? One of my favorite Twilight Zone stories was called Nick of Time. A young couple go into a cafe and find a fortune telling machine disguised as a napkin holder. To make a long story short, the male of the team becomes addicted to the answers the machine gives him, almost to the point of signing away his life. This little game, which you can make on your scroll saw isn't as detailed as the one in the story, but it might be fun to ask it questions you have in mind. If you want you can even make this into a napkin holder and keep it on your dinner table for sideline entertainment. Download the pattern and check out the explanation video.

The tree is basically my design, yes. All I did was find a basic Christmas tree on Pintrest and added the wheels to it. Those wheels were shown here before on a thread about napkin holders. I added a star to it. I will see if I find it here. Used the same round base I did for the others and sized it according to the size napkins I used. I believe the 5 X 5 size is perfect for these things. You have my permission to do as you wish. I used the same rings that Don used for his Valentines day one. Open his PDF file and you will see them. I will be making that pattern too for next year. Did not have enough time this year. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32576-my-napkin-holder-for-valentines/?tab=comments#comment-364291