Free Pattern - Santas Sleigh Ride

Here's a nice fretwork pattern of Santa and his 8 Reindeer that you will be able to complete for the Christmas season. The people at Creative Woodworks & Crafts Magazine were kind enough to let use this for free, the pattern was designed Roy King, Scott Kochendorfer and Bob Valle of Whitetail Designs Ltd.

For a look at the instructions and list of materials go here.

To download your PDF pattern, click here.

If your interested in this magazine view their homepage here.

Have fun cutting!

Free Santa Bear Intarsia Pattern

One of my favorite scroll saw artists is Judy Gale Roberts & her partner Jerry Booher. They were nice enough to offer this free Christmas pattern on their website. If you would like to make this cute little Santa Bear Intarsia project the pattern is available here as a pdf, the instructions are at the bottom.

Take a couple of minutes to read their about me page, there's some amazing artwork displayed on this page and you won't believe the size of these pieces, one is 14' X 20' thats right, feet not inches! I never would have ever thought about scroll saw art with such dimensions, have a look.

Free Plan - Mail Truck Bank Plan

I know that it doesn't seem possible, but Fall & the Christmas season aren't all that far off, the kids in my school district go back in less than two weeks. Yikes where did this summer go so quickly?

With that in mind I thought I'd start looking for more toys and projects for the upcoming seasons. I found this free toy bank pattern over a Rockler's website, a free pdf pattern is availible here or you can also view it in HTML format here.

The pattern looks fairly straight forward, and you can purchase the brass door to make a bank like in the photo. You could also make your own door, or it could just be left off, as many trucks of the day were either open backed/canvas tarped or had small tailgates. However you decide to make it, it's a cute little vintage "C" cab type truck from a bygone era that someone you know will be glad to get, however you decide to make it!