Stained glass is one of my favourite methods of patchwork.
When I first did one many moons ago I used the traditional method of pinning the bias all round before stitching the edges down, I remember how many pin stabs while doing this method.
As with everything, improvements to the technique were introduced, and now there is fusible bias which is just ironed on before stitching.
You can also buy fusible strips to make your own bias tape, I particularly like this as you can choose your fabrics and colours to suit your design.
I’m a little set in my ways…ok a dinasaur…so usually draw my design on to the fabric first but there is a special design sheet to lay down your design and lift on to your background fabric, this saves all the work of drawing the pattern onto the background fabric. I must remember to do this.
I also prefer to use bondaweb to stick my pieces down, now I know some don’t like this, and I can understand why. When it comes to stitching the tape down it’s more difficult to hand stitch because of the glue hardening the fabric. The only thing you must remember when using bondaweb is the design needs to be mirror image as it’s ironed onto the wrong side of fabric.
I like to search out some real stained glass and produce the pattern, with their permission of course.
I really enjoyed this birdie pattern and gifted it at Xmas last year…
This one hangs on the wall of our stair well…
Last year I made this pattern for a Xmas wall hanging. I added the little battery lights to make it glittery…..
https://ukqu.co.uk/shop/patterns-4/stained-glass-xmas-tree-pdf-pattern/
Stained Glass Xmas Tree
Keen to make a pattern for xmas this is my latest pattern for a festive placemat…
https://ukqu.co.uk/shop/patterns-4/stained-glass-xmas-placemat-pdf-pattern/
Have you used this method?If you’ve never tried it, give it a go, I think, like me, you’ll just love it.
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