janice1120

Is there a pattern that can be purchased to do a stained glass quilt using the purchased 1/4” bias.

DottyD

Thanks for the link suzi.

Watson

Are you using the bias tape that irons on and then you sew it? I think it is from Clover. That is how I did my last large stained glass. As others have said be sure all the pieces butt together and be aware of the overlap before sewing down anything because some leading will have to go under other leading. You can see on her hair, I had to do the long parts of her hair first, as the short parts had to cross the tops of the long parts. That sort of thing.
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crafty pat

I believe you can find the pattern on Quilters World or Annie's catalog.

debbieoh

So much help here and wow all the ideas. THANKS SO MUCH for sharing

momsbusy

I prefer not using a twin needle unless I am sewing a straight line. My stained glass had lots of curves and corners.

susie reardon

I used a stack and whack for my stained glass. Very fun.

mac

I agree with QuiltE about getting lots of practice in before teaching this class. Some people can be very intimidating with all of their questions.

Depending on the knowledge of the class for this technique, you may want to keep it very simple for those who have never tried this method. At the same time you will need to have something just a little more challenging for those who have some experience with it.

Not to complicate things, you may also want to show them the different ways that you can do the stained glass window method. This would give them an overall idea of which technique would be better for them. I took a couple of classes and with one class I was totally frustrated with the way the teacher taught the class. I could not get my blocks covered completely and my bias tape that I was using was too small. The other class I took, the teacher showed different ways to do it and I found I like one method that was really helpful to me.

As for patterns, if you look in some of the stained glass books by Ed Sibbett, Jr., he has some really easy floral designs that would work well with a quilted stained glass design. A lot of his books are published by Dover Books and are very inexpensive and you can find them on Amazon or any bookstore.

QuiltE

And I agree with Mac .... take samples for show and tell!
Take lots of samples!! The good, the bad and the ugly, too.

All that practice work will not be in vain,
and can show them a lot more than you can ever tell/demonstrate/instruct.

I know it has helped me at classes, when an instructor can say, do it this way, because if you do it this other way, it will look like this. Seeing the two differences often means a lot more to me (and I am sure others) than to just be "told" and perhaps not quite understand the meanings behind what is being said.

Somerset Val

Thank you, everyone, for all your advice which has been gratefully received! I think the name of the game is 'practice, practice and more practice!