Ending 2025 With A Bang

Judy's Teepee looks spectacular with it's Southwest Color Scheme.  The great new about it is that it was finished in plenty of time to be gifted as a Christmas present.  When she's not making Crosses Judy can be counted on to make the most interesting projects.  :-)

 

 

 

 

Paula's rendition of Demon Hunter's Derpy was completely finished this week before she even stepped into class.  I just saw someone on Facebook had posted a picture of their version of Derpy and all I can say is that Paula's blows the other one right out of the water.  There's a lot of detail in this and it's paid off wonderfully.

  

 

Keri finished her Circular Humming Bird just in time for Christmas. It was a race to the finish line but the end result shows that no quality was sacrificed during that race. It's certainly a lovely pattern and I won't be surprised if other students want to make this.

 

  

 

 

Linda L made these two adorable Turtle Flower Pot Decorations in record time.   She didn't want to begin her Mickey and Minnie Mouse Window until the new year begins because she wants to work non-stop on it without Holiday interruptions.  In the mean time she's been making items that she can finish in one class.

 

 

 

 Betty made this unique Dragonfly by cutting out uniquely shaped wings for an antique key that she had.   You can't just attach wings to any key because there are a lot of metals (especially anything that is plated) that you can't solder to but this key was copper which solders easily.     

 

  

 

 

 

Sheri completed a beautiful Bordered Cross which, although being petite, packs a big inspirational punch. 

  

 

Betty is keeping busy and has made another small Manger Scene Suncatcher just as wonderful as the first one that she made just last week. She also finished a Dragonfly Spoon and I can't even begin to guess how many of these she's completed over the years. All I know for sure is that she can begin one and finish it within an hour.

 

 

 

  

Cindy completed six of these Fancy Crosses in plenty of time for Christmas. When she came in all she had to do was wash and wax them and once that was done her evening was freed up so she could enjoy the Holiday celebrations that were going on during her class. 

 

 

 

Lori resumed work on her Peacock and it's looking to me as though it might be another show stopper in her stained glass gallery.  I love this pattern and I've seen that the colors that she's chosen for this are absolutely spot-on.

  

 

Let's Rose Window features that ever popular irregular border that looks so darned good. The problem with this border is that if it is not cut and ground EXACTLY to the lines, if it's either too big OR too small in event he tiniest way then the entire piece looses its symmetry and thus its charm.. That said, Let has really paid attention to her pattern placement on her pink flower leading to a flower with gorgeous shading.

   

Susan R wanted to make a Yorkie that resembled her friend's dog which has some very unique coloring to her. Once we nailed down the pattern we then spent time re-drawing a few of pieces so we could achieve the same color pattern that the actual dog has.

 

 

Paula is making a small Manger Suncatcher of her own and has been able to assemble what you see out of simple pieces of scrap that we had in the scrap box.

 

  

 

Lara now knows exactly what colors will be going where for the remaining pieces of her African Woman 's dress and believe me when i say that knowing what colors will be used while cutting out a window speeds thing up substantially.  It allows you to concentrate fully on cutting your glass without your mind wandering off to what color you will need to come up with next.  It sounds trivial but it makes a HUGE difference.

 

 

Mary Grace Resumed work on her Spine Window and is now cutting and fitting all of her background pieces. This is actually very near completion which means that she'll begin working on those tricky letters sometime next year which is only two weeks away! 

  

 

MiMi  knocked out 2 more egg cartons of pieces for her lamp.   There are very few pieces left for her to grins  and now that she's back on track with her lamp she's eager to get it completed when the new year begins. 

 

 

 

Sheri has two other Bordered Crosses in the works with one of them already having been tacked together while the last one has it's border all cut out, ground and ready to be foiled.

 

  

 

Now that the pieces to June's Multi-colored Cat has been all foiled it is ready to be tacked together.  Look closely and you can see that she's already begun doing that.   When she comes back in we will get her background cut out and possibly even the border.   The end is near. VERY near, in fact.

  

 

 

Lastly, Cheryl's Mr Bingle is moving along at a steady pace and I can state for the record that the hardest parts have been completed so things should speed up now. The problem with small windows that contain a lot of pieces is keeping everything organized and dealing with those hard to hold pieces at the grinder.

 

 

And to wrap things up for 2025 we see that Martha is ready to begin working on this Oval Flower and Humming Bird Window.  Hmmmm, apparently I didn't take a picture of it which means that you DON'T see it!!  Also, I never got a picture of Bee's Christmas Ornament.  Oh well, there's always next year...

A big Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Paul

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