MiMi made this Epiphany Window to honor a 90 year fellow church parishioner and did it with style and grace! The completed work is wonderful in itself but placed on the wooden base that MiMi helped design, well, a picture speaks a thousand words, right?
Let's Eagle Window has prompted someone else to request the pattern so expect to see this one again. Let painstakingly made sure that all of her pieces lined up nicely, but for Let that's never a problem. Here though, she had to really take her time because she could barely see the marker lines on the glass that she picked to make this!
Lara's Flower window consists of a very unique shape with an equally interesting border which resides on only the top and bottom of her project. I just wish the color of the border glass showed up much better in the photograph because here you can't see how perfectly it actually matches all of the colors that are also used in the flowers. For some reason it just looks brown here.
Betty finished her Patriotic Texas and Bluebonnets Window bringing it all together nicely in a perfect circle.We may not have seen Betty very much lately but it's obvious that she's been working while she's been at home because I do believe this is the first time we are really seeing this piece and it's already completed.
Martha also has a patriotic streak running throughout her because when she saw this red white and blue Suncatcher she decided that she wanted to make one of her own. Her attention to detail on this has given her a perfect geometric shape that only took three pattern pieces to make.
Annette had an extra pair of iridised wings hanging around and though to herself, "What if I use some crystals that I have to form a body?" The end result is a 3D Bumble Dragon(?) . I just wish that the picture could have captured just how much this sparkled!
With the third and final panel of her Nativity Scene completed Linda is ready to move on along to projects that don't take as long. You'll see what that is a little later on in this post.
Ann's latest Cross was made entirely out of various black Baroque glasses. Monochromatic yet vibrant, enlightening yet dark, it is everything all at once.
Angie's Pepsi Sign Window is the first we've seen of this pattern in a while now. Linda F made this years ago and it looked fantastic when it was completed and I have no doubt that Angie's Pepsi window will look just as great. Her colors are spot on and now I'm dying for a Pepsi!*
Linda L is always looking for ways to hone her stained glass skills and this time she's expanding her techniques by making her own pattern. She got the basic idea for this Desk Decoration while surfing about the internet and then altered it here and there until she came up with this delightful design. I love it!
Lisa has started this all new Sunflower pattern and I the design is wonderful. Give me patterns that flow and show movement any day!! She's going to change up the birds mouth a tad bit but it's the flower that will surely be the focal point of this window.
As I suspected, Bea got all of the background cut out and even ground for her large round Fleur De Lis Window. The yellow was a bit persnickety so she added a lead line on each side to make things a bit easier. You won't see those two lines until this has been soldered and I have to say that even then you will just assume that they were part of the original design.
After flying like an eagle Let has decided to float like a butterfly. She's using our standard Lawn Ornament design and added a body in the center of it. Long time readers and stained glass artists are probably screaming "HINGE POINTS!" as they read this but Let is going to turn this into a window which means that it will have a piece of background glass surrounding it to hold everything together in a secure and sturdy fashion.
And this week you can clearly see Cindy's Sunflower Window. I love that she's used assorted yellows throughout all of the petals that make up the flower itself. As I always say, "The more the merrier!" Stunning indeed!
When I see Judy's Window all I can think of are these immortal words handed down to us by Def Leppard: "Pour Some Sugar On Me!" But alas, there's no sugar here so maybe maybe Carly Simon said it better when she sang, "I had some dreams there were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee". Either way, I like both of those songs so Judy's window is a definite shoo-in.
June has her Sailboat Window all cut out and is busy spending time at the grinder making everything fit together nicely. Although the change isn't something huge, June has replaced her orange sun with an even MORE orange sun. If you aren't thrilled about the colors in your window this is definitely the time to change it!
Steve's got a malleable copper Heart that he's working into shape by heating it with a torch! Now that it's been curved and soldered into position he's attached a stained glass heart in the center of it using a swivel system at the top. When he returns he'll add a joint that swivels at the bottom point of the heart which will hopefully allow this to spin when it is in the wind.
As you can clearly see, Mary Grace's Lotus Logo Window is taking shape more and more each week. Once this is wrapped and tacked Mary Grace will add the text panels to it (which she has completed already) and then border it all together to make one large window.
Sheri is using her pistol grip cutter like a pro already. I have to say that her straight cuts will never have a waver in them again now that she's perfected the pistol grip. And her window is looking nice and colorful as well. She's concerned about the text but I have no doubt that she'll manage it well.
Melissa's Winged Cross Window has come together in a wonderful way. Now that she has half of the bevels wrapped in copper foil you can clearly see the bevels as well as what they will add to the finished look of the overall window. This won't be completed when she comes back in but it will certainly be finished the week after that.
Susan R is also hard at work on her very own patriotic Lawn Ornament. It looks as though she's got it all cut out and is well along the way when it comes to grinding it. And that beveled star is just perfect with this.
We may be calling this a Cabin in the Bayou Window but there's far more to it than just a cabin. This week Kerry was able to get the heron cut and ground which means that he's only got some Iris leaves to cut out which will then leave him with just assorted background pieces of grass, sky, water and bushes. And those will be easy compared to what he's already cut and ground for this window.
Roxane is back in actions and all of her Nativity Window has been cut, ground, wrapped and tacked. The front side has been completely soldered and the back side is very, very far along. So far along, in fact, that I'm thinking that this will be completed upon her return!
Susan D not only repaired her broken Dragonfly but she's also reinforced it with hidden wires to help make sure that she never has to see this again. On her work table as a repair I mean!!! Next week it will be all about her cactus.
There are only a few fill in pieces left to go on Barbara's Rooster Window and then she'll move along to the multi-colored border. She's moving quickly on this and that's no small feat when you consider the complexity of this piece.
Next up we have a stained glass version of Bree who will surely be completed next week when Shelley comes back in. All the hard work is done and Shelley is already set to turn this over and solder the back side.
And there ya have it! Keep on keepin' on!
Paul
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