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All you need to know about Stained Glass

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Stained Glass For Dummies From  Stained Glass For Dummies   by Vicki Payne Creating stained-glass and warm-glass designs can be a fun and addictive hobby, but to get started you need to go shopping for some basic tools and supplies and develop basic skills. Then you can practice and perfect the different techniques to your heart’s content. A Stained-Glass Shopping List Stained glass is a hobby that requires quite a bit of equipment. Thankfully, most of the equipment is rather versatile and can be used for both copper foil and lead came projects. Some supplies, though, are specially designed for a particular technique. Print off the following shopping lists and take them to your nearest glass or hobby shop to make sure you have what you need for whatever project you’ve set out to create. General stained-glass tools and supplies The following tools are needed for both copper-foil and lead-came projects: Basic drafting supplies:  These suppli...

Stained Glass Patterns and Information

FREE STAINED GLASS PATTERNS For the stained glass enthusiast! I am always looking for free pattern sites and when I find a good one, I post it here. Useful for me and useful for you. Browse through these free pattern resources. EJDepot - My Store Front for Fun Things Online Store Front  My Favorites Stained Glass Art by Vit-Mar  - free patterns of unusual things including Harry Potter and a nice horse. Aanraku Stained Glass - patterns in pdf. format - patriotic and a nice praying mantis. Acadian Glass Art - Nice windows and transoms, deco stylel. Also a nice glass  resource list . Alpine Stained Glass - 7 pages of nice original stained glass designs, including mom's row boat. Lots of holiday themed patterns. ART:ERY - Stained glass pattern co-op. Art Glass Art- Stained glass graphics, tutorials, supplies and free stained glass patterns (listed in aqua titles along with those for purchase. Lots of nice lamps! Nice  sailboat panel . Glass Quarterly -...