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At the beginning of every beautiful stained glass piece is a carefully designed stained glass patterns. And while seems logical, many people do not know were to start when looking for a design. Stained glass patterns can be created from just about anything. It just takes a bit of imagination and some tracing paper.

Some people purchase pre-made stained glass designs from a craft store or online retailer, however, it is not necessary to go to this extra expense. You don't need to look far to find inspiration for your next pattern or stained glass piece. If you are lacking ideas, just take a walk around your house or outside to look for motivation. Try looking at other crafts and at their designs to see if you could get some new ideas for things you can do for a glass pattern. Quilt patterns create wonderful stained glass design. You might even have some piece of art that is around your house that you might be able to convert into a stained glass piece. All you need to make sure is that it's easy to trace and it isn't too detailed, then it can be difficult for you. The obvious benefit of this is that you will have your own unique pattern and you can make changes as you want to improve your artwork.

After you have decided what you want to make into a stained glass pattern, you need to transfer that onto paper. Make sure you have some light coming into the room so you can make this job easy on yourself, or at least have a light around you so you can get a good trace. Holding it up to a window is another low-tech method that often works well. After the tracing is complete, have your image transferred onto two sheets of heavy paper (a card stock will work well). I would recommend that you save one of them in a folder so you can always access your previously made patterns. You might even be able to collect yourself a great collections of patterns, maybe you can even give away your own uniquely designed free stained glass patterns The remaining piece that's left, this will be the one that you will work with wen you begin your glass cutting.

The next time you are lacking motivation for a stained glass masterpiece, remember there are ideas all around you. A well thought out stained glass pattern is the road map to a work of art you will enjoy for years to come. Remember that a glass pattern is just as important as all the other thousands of stained glass tools that you have in your workshop.