Making a stained glass window fit properly into a window opening can be a bit tricky. Follow these simple steps to achieve success with your project. If your piece isn’t going into a predesignated defined space, you have flexibility in the finished size of your panel. But, if the panel is going to be installed in an opening, such as a window opening in a building, you have to be precise in the finished size of the window.

To achieve success making a stained glass window, start with carefully creating a pattern with a well-planned design. The next step is to create the pattern.

Sometimes it's difficult to figure out where to buy glass supplies. I think it's worth traveling to support this hobby and thoroughly enjoy stopping in at stores I've never visited when I'm on the road to see what I "need" to acquire.

Working in glass arts requires quite a few tools. This list make the task of setting up your workshop less daunting. Quality varies with all glass products. Buy from a reputable, dedicated glass/crafts company to avoid receiving poor quality knock-offs.

Stained glass is a beautiful art form with a history dating thousands of years. People have worked with glass as an art form throughout the ages, but the past fifty years have been an exciting period where we have seen glass art blossom using newly developed technology and different types of materials and equipment. The style of the subject matter for glass art can representational, nonrepresentational, or Victorian.