Remember this?
Well, after three days it turned into this...................
Dragonfly Garden from Three Swans Studio, a Canadian company located in Edmonton, Alberta. I've made this before for Karl and I and I did a workshop on it several years ago. I have seen two others finished and hanging in homes. It really is one of the most beautiful stained glass pieces I own.
For some reason this one caused me problems................stupidity on my part really. I decided to trace the one dragonfly and set it in place, then start from the bottom and do the greenery. I kept loosing my place and not tracing some and tracing others twice. All this and I'm marking them off as I went along. I was in too much of a hurry, I know I was. I even traced the wrong side of the pattern. Now you know my brain was not in gear.
To make life easier the first time I made this I traced the whole pattern onto white freezer paper so I could adhere it to the back of the black fabric. For constructing this piece you place your fused pieces on the front side of solid black.
When I had the first one made up years ago, I didn't like the selection of greens I used. One stands out like a sore thumb and to this day, I want to replace it. I coloured the freezer paper so I wouldn't make that mistake again. This time it turned out much, much better.
I know our son-in-law is going to love this. I've never seen him stand and take in anything like he did this. Its going to a good home.
Memories
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| Kristina's first Christmas. She was 2 days shy of 9 months old. Big brother was 3 and a teensy, tiny bit. |
