More tribbles, er troubles, er....Trivets

[cskipper]

Well, I've harassing folks to post pictures so here are my latest trivets. I did these over the previous two weekends.

The first two are enlarged Christmas ornament patterns:

This one is 3-d if you look really hard - it's almost easier to see the effect in the thumbnail version in my album.

The next two are modified quilt patterns. You'd think by now that I realize enlarging a pattern does not necessarily keep it proportional. Oh well, sooner or later I'll learn:lol:

I'll probably reshape the outside of this one to mimic the pattern at least a little bit.

Thanks for looking. Feedbackis welcome.

 

[Ray Martin]

Cathy,

The trivits are absolutely beautiful. I suspect that you must has a lot of patience to do such intricate and beautiful work.

Thanks for sharing.

Ray

 

[NCPete]

Looking good Cathy. You have far greater patience than I!

 

[Monty]

Excellent! (As always!)

 

[D L Ames]

Those are all great looking tribbles Cathy.:icon_thum I really like the 3D one.

D L

 

[cskipper]

Thanks. DL, That's the second one of the 3D's I have done. I have two more I really want to cut, but I want to find my spiral blades first. There are so many ins and outs and turns that I'll think they'll be easier to cut with the spirals. They will be sooooo cool!

I am finding that the patience necessary is in direction proportion to the number times you have to stop and start. I really try to cut the whole thing in one sitting. I might take a break, but don't like to start one day and finish on another. I get the feel of the pattern and the tracking of the balde as I go, and would have to kind of re-learn that on another day. The ones I have made using stained glass patterns fall into the general category of "I'll never cut that one again", so if I really think I'll like it I'll cut two at a time. With the stained glass patterns you have to figure out what you can leave and still show the pattern. That's been challenging and fun. I have one I want to do, but I'm just not sure and I don't want to was the wood if it doesn't turn out.

I am still doing almost all my sanding by hand. Even though they cut slower, I tend to use crown blades - they require less sanding. PGT blades are best for reducing/eliminating blade drift. But all of the edges need to be softened.

Thanks again for all the nice comments.