Stained glass pieces are works of art and can also cost a substantial amount of money to purchase. However, if you are feeling daring enough to pursue your creative energy, attempting to create your own stained glass pieces can be quite rewarding.
One of the easiest ways to delve into the technique of creating stained glass is to first print free stained glass patterns and experiment with colors on paper by using colored pencils, markers or even watercolors.
If you enjoy the pre-planning stages of creating stained glass designs, you may want to take it a step further and purchase stained glass materials at your local craft store and pursue the art of stained glass making.
Here you will find links to websites that offer free stained glass patterns, remember to do lots of experiments with various designs and colors, make sure to keep your stained glass paper patterns in some type of binder or folder for future reference.
Chantal’s Stained Glass Patterns
Many of the stained glass patterns are free, others can be purchased using Paypal. Some of the free stained glass patterns include: Amanita, Angels, Ballerinas, Ballet Shoes, Banana, Barn Owl, Bat, Beagle, Tree Snake, Bluebirds, Blue Booby, Bumblebee, Knitting Cables, Calla Lilies, CR Mackintosh, Cape Hatteras and Caterpillar plus many more free printable stained glass patterns.
Warner Free Stained Glass Patterns
This website offers an incredible amount of free stained glass patterns and the variety is impressive. The stained glass pattern themes are: All bear, Austrian crystal patterns, Christmas patterns, Clownin around, Cute animals, Duck…Duck… Swan, everybody loves bunny, Flower ring patterns, Fun patterns, Halloween patterns, Heart patterns, Kitties, Medieval patterns, Night light templates, PA Dutch patterns, Quilt Squares, St. Paddy Day, Suncatchers, TNT patterns, Valentines patterns and various patterns.
Stained Glass Patterns
There is a substantial amount of free stained glass patterns offered at this site, free stained glass designs offered are: flower patterns, Blue jay pattern, Fish pattern, Hummingbird pattern, Dog pattern, Bear patterns, Deer pattern, Cardinal pattern, Butterfly patterns plus many lamp patterns.
Annabelle’s Free Stained Glass Patterns
This stained glass artist offers 3 free printable stained glass patterns: a flower, a bear and an angel. The site is a great resource for anyone interested in stained glass, the artist has been working with stained glass for quite some time so it is interesting to search around the site and see all the creative works of art.
Aanraku Glass Studios Stained Glass Patterns
Here you will find numerous free stained glass patterns such as: American Flag 1 and 2, Eagle and Flag 1, Eagle and Flag 2, Flying Pigs, Room, Praying Mantis and Kokepeli. Also make sure to check out the free stained glass tutorials on the site, there is much to learn when creating stained glass and these tutorials are very helpful.
Alpine Stained Glass Patterns
The free stained glass patterns on this website are adorable, there are many free patterns. Some examples of the free stained glass patterns offered are: Halloween Holiday patterns, Halloween Bats patterns, Thanksgiving Holiday Turkey, Thanksgiving Holiday Squirrel, Thanksgiving Holiday Squash patterns, Chanukah Holiday pattern, Christmas Stocking and Star pattern, Christmas Tree and Poinsettia pattern, Christmas Holiday Frog Tree pattern plus many more exciting free stained glass patterns.
Sources:
http://chantalstainedglass.50megs.com/1suncatchers1.html
http://www.warner-criv.com/patterns.aspx
http://stainedglasspatterns.com/index.php
http://annabelleglass.tripod.com/id10.html
http://www.bayareastainedglass.com/pattern.htm
http://www.alpineglass.com/shop/free-stained-glass-patterns/
