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Woodland Bunny Free Stained Glass Pattern

Apr 132007

Here is a little woodland bunny stained glass pattern to remind you that Spring really is here, though it may still be cold.

This pattern falls into at least two and maybe three of the most popular categories in the pattern poll: plants & flowers, animal kingdom, and, if I stretch it, fantasy & anime. (Just imagine this rabbit can talk or the toadstools are magical. Hmm, I could even call it a landscape . . .)

The Woodland Bunny Stained Glass Pattern is available in a color jpg, a black & white jpg, and in the Glass Eye 2000 format.

I used Spectrum glass primarily for the color jpg display, with a couple each of Armstrong and Bullseye selections. See the pattern link for the exact glass.

Have fun and enjoy this pattern!

Free Brown Trout Stained Glass Fan Lamp Pattern

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Mar 172007

Here is the pattern that I designed for the brown trout stained glass fan lamp that I made for my husband.

The glass that I recommend is slightly different than what I used, mainly because I used what I already had, and I do not know exactly the manufacturer or particulars of that glass.
Have fun with this one. I’m sure, with a little creativity, you could turn it into brook trout, a cutthroat, or possibly a rainbow. I’ll be doing patterns for these, too, in time.

Click here to see a picture of the actual brown trout stained glass fan lamp I made. I’m really happy with it and so is my husband. I used a stick-on eye from his supply of fly tying materials. You can obtain the same from any good fly fishing shop. They also may work well on other projects besides fish.

If you finish the edge in lead came, (as I did,) the lead came will make the fan too wide to fit in the slot without modification. You can enlarge the slot with a Dremel or similar tool. That is what I did. I highly recommend a Dremel. It comes in handy for so many things.

About the design:
You may notice that this fish is posed in a straight line, not doing that little flippy tail thing that most designs use to depict their fish. Designers pose fish all curved up or flexed like that to indicate movement and action.

I asked my husband to describe the most realistic pose for a trout, and he told me that fish rarely do that flippy tail thing. If they do, it is right before they leap out of the water after a bug, or something, and, like all athletes, in the air they straighten out to reach their goal. Also, in the water they frequently seem to hang there, moving very little, and waiting for some interesting bit of food to come their way.

So, this is a calm fish, just waiting for a snack to float down stream.

The Brown Trout Fan Lamp pattern is available in black & white jpg, color jpg, and Glass Eye 2000 format.

Easter Bunny Stained Glass Pattern

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Mar 032007

Here is a horizontal oval stained glass panel of the Easter Bunny with three colorful eggs. This is a fairly simple pattern with only 37 pieces.

This Easter bunny stained glass panel looks best with soft pastel colors. The pattern has glass suggestions.

The Easter Bunny stained glass pattern is available in black & white and color jpgs and in Glass Eye 2000 format.

According to Wikipedia:

Eostre (“Easter”) is the name of a putative goddess of the Anglo-Saxons. The Venerable Bede described her worship as having died out by the time he began writing (in Latin) the first significant history of the Anglo-Saxons. Some historians have suggested that she may have been invented by Bede, as there are no known references to her preceding his work.

For another interesting discussion of the possible relationship between the Easter bunny and Anglo-Saxon mythology see Ireland’s Public information Service on environmental matters.

Bee on Flower Stained Glass Pattern

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Mar 032007

What kind of bee is guaranteed not to sting?
A stained glass bee.

For this bee stained glass panel you will paint the eye. The legs and antenna are indicated by dotted lines. Paint the legs and antenna or make them out of wire.

The pattern lists glass color suggestions. Our color version is done entirely in Spectrum glass. Spectrum glass is consistent in texture and color, so it is easy to cut and work with.

Use your imagination to come up with a bright & vivid or muted & soft stained glass flower.

The Bee on Flower stained glass pattern is available in a black & white jpg and in the Glass Eye 2000 format.

Bay Horse Free Stained Glass Pattern

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Feb 232007

This free stained glass pattern is a head portrait of a Bay horse.

The Bay horse has a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, and lower legs. Make your glass selections accordingly.

Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds.

The Bay Horse stained glass pattern is available in a black & white jpg and in the Glass Eye 2000 format. For those not using Glass Eye 2000, the pattern comes with a color jpg and glass suggestions. The link takes you to a color jpg with links to the black & white jpg and Glass Eye 2K format. There is also a link if you need help resizing the pattern.

Please let me know if you like this Bay horse stained glass pattern.

Butterfly Fan Lamp – Free Stained Glass Pattern

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Feb 232007

Here is a butterfly fan lamp pattern to remind you that spring is on the way. This pattern is in both the Animal Kingdom and Plants & Flowers categories.

The legs and antenna, indicated by dashed lines, are tinned copper wire with black patina.

I suggest that you choose bright, cheerful colors of translucent opalescent glass.

The butterfly fan lamp stained glass pattern is available in black & white jpg and Glass Eye 2000 format. The pattern also has glass recommendations and a color jpg.

Enjoy!

Stained Glass Mermaid Pattern from Stencil

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Nov 142006

Many years ago I purchased a copy of Fish and Sea Life Cut & Use Stencils by Ted Menten. Yesterday I was looking for inspiration and I came across it and decided to make a stained glass pattern out of one of the stencils. I chose to make the mermaid that appears on the cover of the book.

Here is a color view of the stained glass pattern I made from the stencil. Click the picture for an enlarged view.

You can easily convert these stencils into stained glass patterns or use them for mosaics. I made my pattern by scanning the stencil, saving as a jpg and bringing it up in my Glass Eye 2000 where I could modify it into a stained glass pattern. This particular pattern may require the use of a glass saw to make some of the cuts.

I highly recommend this book. It contains stencils of many different fish, seahorses, shells, crustaceans, underwater plants, octopus, a mermaid, King Neptune, etc.

This book is still available after all of these years (my copy was published in 1983,) which says good things about its popularity. You can buy the book by clicking this link.

Free Stained Glass Horse Pattern

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Nov 052006

This free pattern is a young palomino horse. Palomino horses have a gold colored coat with a white or light cream colored mane and tail.

The horse is shown here in Armstrong 23185 Light Amber/Opal/Wispy for the body, Spectrum 307S Clear/White, Translucent Opalescent for the mane, Armstrong F1210 Black/Granite Medium Grain, Fusible on the hooves, Youghiogheny 1302SP Ice White, Amber and Brown for the eye, and Armstrong 21S Champagne Cathedral for the ear. The ground is Youghiogheny 1004R White Opal and Green Ripple. The sky is Wissmach WO-188 1/2 grey blue, 1/2 white opal, with a Kokomo 144 medium amber, clear sun.

Use this link for the young horse stained glass pattern in black & white jpg or Glass Eye 2000 format.