I recently attended a local quilt show and was so impressed with the stained glass quilts. I would love to make one. Any suggestions on how to get started?

I would like to know too, I have put back a few scraps that I thought would work.

I will be looking for tips, too. Our church put in new stained glass windows and I want to make up a quilt using our window as an inspiration.

i really want to make one too but i don't know if i'm supposed to applique the black on or sew it in?

There is a wonderful tutorial on this site check it out.

I'm sorry I was thinking Machine Stitched Cathedral Window Tutorial. Too many ghosts and gobblins tonight!

My friend has 18" of her intestines taken out & I found this pattern for us to work on while she recouperated. Little did I know that it would be weeks before she was up to it but we did wind up doing it & I loved it. This one was very simple.

that is beautiful!!Where did you purchase the pattern? And how do you attach the black bias?Do the patterns have something to follow for the placement?

I wanted to do one too, so I bought a pattern at a quilt show and used my own fabrics. I made my own black bias to make the lead on the glass. This is a picture of the one I did.

Wow. How do you attach the black lines?

There is one on quilters cache. I was looking at it earlier.

You sew them down on both sides with a little of the fabric from the piece you are outlining under it.

Here are mine - I have made 3 sets already and they are lots of fun to make. I buy fusible black bias with my Joann coupons and then sew it down with a twin needle.

Love this pattern - can you give me the name?

Thanks!

There are some that you do a black material as the background and then the other pieces are put over it and the lines are from the black material. I will try and find the link there is a free pattern there.

Found it here it is the tute and the free patterns too.

http://www.bearpawproductions.com/basics.php

your window is beautiful!!

I've been hand stitching a reverse applique Celtic BOM which uses black iron on bias. I hate it! it doesn't matter how I iron it on - you definitely need to use a HOT DRY iron - it always manages to lift in some places. I have it pinned everywhere. There are 12 side blocks - have almost finished #11 - and one centre block 36" x 36". That one is going to be a nightmare! The only way I think I'm going to be able to do that is to iron on a small section, stitch it, then iron on another small section...

These are BEAUTIFUL !!!!!

I have done several on the religious theme and you can also place the material you have cut out on a black background leaving a space inbetween which makes it look like stained glass. It's very easy and the end results look the same.

my nephew made his first stained glass quilt using coloring book pages of animals...a kangaroo, turtle, rabbit...i don't know what all, he found free coloring book pages on line, printed off the ones he wanted to use, enlarged them to the size he wanted to use. then he used paper-back fusable, copied his applique shapes. (no seam-allowances added)fused them onto his background fabric, then used the pre-made fusable bias tape (from clover, comes in different widths; he used 1/4" applied the tape around his applique pieces then used a zigzag stitch the width of the bias tape to stitch every thing in place.
stained glass applique is a very forgiving technique with fabulous results...jump in and make something, YOU WILL LOVE IT!

Have you tried good old washable Elmers School Glue??

Heaven help you all who start stained glass. It is REALLY addictive. It's not hard to do but you need patience and time. I've tried several ways but my favorite is using black (or color of choice) tape and stitching it on with a twin needle.

I put all my pattern pieces on double sided iron on, cut them out and press them to the backing. Then following the diagram, and the is always one, add my tape. I've had some beautiful results.
So far, I have used purchased tape with 50% coupons but my projects have been no bigger than card table size. I would make my own tape if I did a quilt or large wall hanging. Tape is expensive and getting very hard to find.

I love these!

Just gorgeous, simply gorgeous!

There is a wonderful machine stitched cathedral window tutorial on this board. Do a search. I have made two & have orders for more. If I think it is easy -- it is!

This is a block that I made for a church quilt. I used an iron-on charcoal-colored bias tape and then hand-stitched it down. I didn't have a problem with it holding long enough for me to sew it down, but I only applied it as I layered the pieces--first the stained glass, then the ribbon, then the bird, then the perimeter. If I applied a lot of the bias tape at once, I can certainly see it lifting while I was manipulating the block. So I might suggest ironing it down a little at a time as the project progressed.

Bias for stained glass. If you use the narrow bias you can use a double needle and sew both sides of the bias down at the same time. If I remember correctly it was a fusible bias, so stayed in place while I sewed with the double needle. The needle was the one with the widest distance between needles. Can't remember the size number on that either. Its been several years since I took that class.

Great idea. I do stained glass (with glass) as well as sewing, and find that colouring books are a great source of patterns. . They're available in so many themes and the outlines are usually simple enough to blow up and convert easily for work with either glass or applique...or in this case I guess a combination of the two.

Hmmm...never tried to combine the two. There's a scary but fun thought.

Couldn't you go to the stained glass section of a craft store and use their patterns for the basis of your quilts? You'd just have to adjust your pieces to your type of piecing.

Baloonatik -- I like your stained glass, very nice work!

:thumbup: I love your quilt. I think we must be neighbors.

Just attended a Stain Glass class couple of weeks ago.
I made one with Black Olfa Bias- and the other with Gold Bias.
I found the most affordable way to purchase was from connecting Thread. I am now working on Dragon fly.

Wow, you guys look like artists from here. Keep on making these. The are beauiful.

This is the website where I bought the patterns I have used. Very clear and easy to follow directions. I have attached picture of my first attempt.

http://bearpawproductions.com/store.php?cat=3

All of your stained glass quilts are wonderful!
Aren't batiks just perfect to use for this type of quilt?!

I use iron-on single fold black bias tape from the lqs, but you can buy it on=line, just check several sites to get the best price. It works great. I do sew it down after ironing it on, just because I really don't want it coming off later. Sara

First Question is: which type of stained glass are you thinking about. This is a type that I do.

I should have added that I don't use any bias tape. The background is what makes the lines. Each piece is cut then a spacing is allowed between pieces for the black to show. I have done an elephant, dog, dragon, dragonfly and the tiger.