and that holds true for embellishing a project. The standard hourglass/butterfly key to stop a check or add interest is fine but you can make your own templates for almost any inlay pattern you want. The idea is to plan what you want and then make the plan work. WOOD magazine has some ideas on making templates.
http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking ... er-successBless the inventor of the copy machine and also the editor who assembled catalogues of fonts for the computer both really good resources for the woodworker.