What are Free Stained Glass Patterns? Stained glass window patterns are black and white or colored-in drawings of stained glass windows. Beginners use patterns with straight lines that are easy to break in the glass. Others use patterns with simple curves to form into the glass; stained glass professionals use complex patterns.
Free stained glass window patterns are any icons, pictures, or drawings that you can find, make, or download into your possession. For stained glass art, the picture is then numbered into coded pieces, and cut apart to use with stained glass. Free stained glass window patterns are used to make quilts, paintings, mosaics, glass crafts, and windows.
Make Your Own Free Patterns. Online, find a clip-art or photo that you would like to use as a free stained glass window pattern. Right-click your mouse over the picture and use ‘save as’ while selecting the .jpg format choice.
Open your picture in your computer Paint Shop type of program. This will allow you to manipulate the picture into the specific full-size and shapes that you would like it to be. Your program comes with instructions on how to work the tools to manipulate your photo into a simple line pattern of any size.
If you need a free Paint Shop type of program for your computer, they are available from many brand sources; type the words, “free Paint Shop program” into your computer search bar. Choose your favorite supplier from the long list of options.
Some computer photo programs also allow you to use tools to resize your pictures and turn them into line drawings for free stained glass window patterns.
Glass Eye Software: Glass Eye by Dragonfly Software is a stained glass pattern making computer program. This program is wonderful for all ability levels, and does it all; importing pictures for manipulation, patterns from scratch, texturing choices, common available insert choices, project cost estimates, links to suppliers, and more!
Glass Eye programs are normally hundreds of dollars, so the manufacturer will give you a 30-day free trial program to see if this software purchase will work for you. This free program comes with a pattern library that you may use during your trial period. To get your free demonstration and trial program click here to visit Dragonfly Software.
Other Free Patterns: Many online stained glass sites have free stained glass window patterns that you can download into your possession. Some sites want you to have Glass Eye software installed on your computer for the free stained glass window pattern to load into, and some do not.
Pained Expressions Studios allows you to sign-up for a free stained glass window pattern email alert when they have new free stained glass window patterns available online for download. In their archives you can find traditional, Celtic, floral, art’s and crafts, animals, people, landscapes, and geometric free stained glass patterns to choose from.
Delphi is a multiple craft site that offers a nice selection of ideas on how free stained glass patterns can be used. Some of the free projects include 3D glass, smalls like coasters, scrapbook ideas, and a very interesting looking stepping stone creation. The free stained glass window pattern this month is a beginner level Southwest Deer design.
Mad Max is a stained glass supply site that has a nice selection of free stained glass window patterns; although, you must look quickly or the page will cycle you into items for sale. On this Max site you’ll find links to other resources for free patterns. The Mad Max site has some junior free patterns available along with more traditional choices.
Warnercarries about 200 free stained glass window patterns in every style imaginable from medieval to bunnies. What I enjoy about Warner is that they have free templates for nightlights, suncatchers, quilt squares and more. If you are working on quilts with your free stained glass window patterns, make sure to visit Warner PA Dutch selection.
Small Projects: For small stained glass window projects, you can use free stained glass window patterns that are made from discarded coloring book pages. Coloring books come with lots of fun stained glass project ideas hidden inside for children to color on.
Another idea for smaller projects is to trace a quilt square pattern from your local library, turning that into your next free stained glass window pattern. Some very pretty big, little, and dollhouse miniature windows have been made by fusing glass into quilt squares, then piecing those squares together into the window size that you need.
