SAW Dust:
The year had barely begun before major
changes were obvious in SAW. The first change was to the
format of the newsletter, SAW Dust. Up until now,
the format had been a small booklet size, 5 1/2" X
8". The first issue of SAW Dust showed the move to
a full 8 1/2" X 11" format. The entire look of
the newsletter has changed to that more resembling a
magazine. This was the first of many goals that we
have had for SAW Dust.
With the advent of the new size, it is
now easier to make articles more readable, to make
finding articles easier, and patterns are easier to see
before removing them from the book. The other
major change which this format allowed, was the ability
to put a picture on the front cover. In total, we hope
that you will find this format better looking and easier
to use. In addition to constantly striving to find
patterns and articles of interest, this
"cosmetic" change will help us to reach our
next goals for SAW Dust.
Picture CD:
The inaugural issue of a picture CD was
presented for the first time in January. This
project was led by Board of Director member, Jim
Barringer from Michigan. We gathered together all of the
pictures we could find from all of the scrollsaw events
of 2001. Jim selected the best of these pictures and put
them together into a slide show and then programmed a
musical accompaniment for each section. A lot of hard
work went into preparing this and Jim can be very proud
of the results. He did a GREAT job!
This project was made more difficult
because the idea didn't take form until after the 2001
events were over. Our hope is to be able to
produce a similar product each year. Planning ahead we
can make sure that we get even more pictures of people,
projects and vendors and get names to go with the
pictures. The pictorial history of each year can only
improve with each production.
In addition to the pictures, we gathered
up almost all of the patterns that have ever been
printed in SAW Dust, and placed them on the CD also. A
few were left out intentionally. The reason for that was
because that particular pattern is now offered for sale.
At the time it was printed in SAW Dust, the artist was
new and just getting started. We thank them for their
generous donation of a pattern to SAW Dust, but did not
wish to take away any sales they might make with their
product.
In total, the CD contains over 200
pictures organized into several slide shows, and over 60
patterns. An absolute bargain at a price of $5.95.
SAW Conference 2002:
May 18 and 19 found us all in Escondido,
CA working to make SAW Conference 2002 a success. With
the aid of two Local Chapters of SAW, we had a lot of
fun and met a lot of great new scrollers on the West
Coast of the country. We had the opportunity to learn
how to do Intarsia from Lucille Crabtree, and how to use
a router from Judy "The Router Lady".
