It’s Tuesday, and the entire weekend got away from me.
It’s not that I didn’t even try to write a post. I did. Every time I sat down to write something just came up. First, a friend came in for a weekend visit, then parents surprised us with a weekend visit, then we had to celebrate said visits. It was fun and very hectic, but tiring. Probably because I gave up sugars for Lent.
Anyway, today I get to do something I haven’t done in a long time: stained glass! I enrolled in a class to get my skill level back up to “tolerable”, and will be making a pretty window hanging of a hummingbird and flower.
A word of warning: mine will look NOTHING like that. But that’s the general pattern I will be following. I’m hoping I get to keep this one. Every time I make something new, someone in my family ends up with it. Maybe I’ll have enough time to make more than one. All I know is that it will grace someone’s window next month.
Hopefully mine π
March 11th, 2014 at 9:41 AM
That’s nice. I took a stained glass class long time ago. I can’t even get the frame right.
March 11th, 2014 at 10:41 AM
You should get back into it π
March 11th, 2014 at 12:53 PM
I would need a pattern or something. I’m completely left brained. π
March 11th, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Of course! Patterns are necessary!
March 11th, 2014 at 10:02 AM
Our coffee table looks nothing like that hummingbird, but it is stained nonetheless.
March 11th, 2014 at 10:41 AM
Stained glass? Or just stained??
March 11th, 2014 at 11:00 AM
stained. glass.
March 11th, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Oh…. thanks for clarifying π
March 11th, 2014 at 10:57 AM
Yeah, your first attempt was awful:
http://tinyurl.com/kdg4okr
March 11th, 2014 at 11:04 AM
Yeah, have to work on my cuts…. π
March 11th, 2014 at 2:48 PM
Stained glass? Not much of that around here. Stained wood? Got plenty around the house.
March 11th, 2014 at 3:15 PM
That’s definitely hardier than glass π
March 11th, 2014 at 7:38 PM
Nice use of the glass join line between pieces to form the hummer beak. Pretty-pretty.
My fanciest stain involves mustard.
March 11th, 2014 at 7:40 PM
Mine is always soy sauce. Every. Single. Time.
March 12th, 2014 at 6:46 AM
Hummingbirds are nice, but from you, I’d have expected something more… Sithy. Do they have a Darth Vader pattern? π
March 12th, 2014 at 7:32 AM
I asked about it. The teacher is looking π
March 12th, 2014 at 7:11 AM
Stained glass rocks. I always admired its beauty. I remember Yabu posting photos of stained glass pieces he and his wife made. Looking forward to see what you come up with. I’m sure it’ll be lovely!
March 12th, 2014 at 7:33 AM
Thanks! I was lucky to have received a piece she made. It hangs in my front window.
March 13th, 2014 at 1:35 PM
why not something a little different?

March 13th, 2014 at 1:47 PM
That. Is. AWESOME!! π