Customer Reviews

Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw: Easy-To-Make and Fun-To-Give Projects for the Holidays

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This is one of those books that helps those who are only semi-creative get some ideas on how to make projects their own. Most of the patterns are not overly complex. Some of them are going to seem pretty challenging for folks who are not too far into their scroll-sawing avocation. The photography is worth the price of the book. Different treatments of the various projects, different textures, different color combos, all help the craft mechanic to become a possibility thinker. The book presumes some familiarity with scrolling. It's not a book for a rank beginner, but most of the patterns can be accomplished by a person who has learned to cut a two dimensional project with inside and outside cuts. For those reasons alone, it's a good one to have on your shelf. Highly recommended.

I recommend this book. The designs are interesting. Very thin ornaments when you're finished cutting them. All come with directions/suggestions on how to paint them.

The patterns are a bit of a challenge, but they are not hard to accomplish at all. The finished product is very delicate. Also, the glitter and plain paint used in the examples are cheesy. If you have a little imagination, the finished product can be very pretty if you paint them in a more artful style; or use exotic woods for natural beauty and don't paint them at all. Whatever you come up with, ditch the glitter, pretty please;-)

the book is worth the price to have so many compound designs that will yield nice results for even a novice scroller, as long as you take care in cutting the ornaments. Did I mention they were delicate!!!!

Nice resource to have. Try it out.

I have had a chance to cut a few of the patterns in the book. Compound cutting is fun and the results can be amazing. The book is well worth the price. I wish the book was downloadable as an ebook with the print function enabled so I could print the pattern needed rather than having to scan it in on my flat bed scanner then printing it out.

Pretty good book of designs. Good for beginners on scroll saw and crafting work.