Design and Pattern Preparation
Cutting Accurate Stained Glass Pattern Pieces
Making Stained Glass Templates That Fit Accurate stained glass templates are crucial for creating beautiful panels. Once you've designed or found a stained glass pattern that you're happy with, the next thing you need to do is make copies of it and cut the individual shapes out accurately. These will…
Design Original Stained Glass
Create a Stained Glass Pattern from a Photo Free stained glass design tutorial to get you started on making your own patterns. Looking at a blank piece of white paper is terrifying! These free stained glass design tips will get you started in a way that avoids fear. Stained Glass…
Getting Stained Glass To Fit
Measuring For A Window If you want to make stained glass windows that are going to fit into a specific place, it's important to get the measurements accurate right from the beginning. It's best to take the measurements even before you start your design, so that you can scale the…
Stained Glass Colors – Lead Lining
Helping You Choose Stained Glass Colors Stained glass colors are what makes a window 'sing'. If you get them right your window will hit the high notes. If you get it wrong it will seem out of tune. Lead Lining is a little-known technique that will help you make the…
Cutting Stained Glass and Measuring Questions
Cutting and Measuring Queries Measuring Panels Confusing I don't understand something about measuring stained glass panels. If you have a lead window and the lead is say 1/8in. thick and your glass goes into the window that much,less the end thickness which is about a 3/2 of an inch, well,…
Calculate How Much Stained Glass You Need
Work out how much stained glass you need When you have a pattern, do you know how to calculate how much stained glass you need to buy to make it? The method below might help you: - I make a coloured pattern first. This helps me to visualise what…
Branching Out
Design idea for stained glass Idea for designing your own stained glass Do you ever get that feeling that you're looking at the world through 'stained glass spectacles'? When everything has the potential to be made into stained glass? Winter is a good time for this, with the trees showing…