I have done stain glass for years. I have not done a piece in a couple of years though. I will start a piece in a week or so. I love the show on TV with Vicki Paine. She shows you many projects. Just google her name in and you will find the time and channel. I do know one thing, you need lots of patience for doing Stain Glass pieces, also take pride in your work and if it is not right re-do it you will be happy that you did. Take care, Janice

I still don't have the net at my house ,but I got a chance at a few minutes on my daughters. I will take some pictures of some of my work and email them as soon as I can. I love Gallery Glass and have done quite a few peaces. A lot of then have been confiscated by family and friends. I can't wait to be back on line so I can keep in contact with my OBH friends. My weight loss is going well I'm down 69# in six months. 78# sence my first visit with my surgen. I hope yours is going well also. Talk to you all again soon. Barbara

Hello Tami, Its been a while sense I've been to this board. Thats why this is such a late responce. I love stained glass. I can't afored the real thing so I use gallery glass paints. How do you make yours? I have a friend that has an old mobile home. He let my husband take out all the glass for me. Now I have several very large peaces done. Don't you just love older houses? We just bought one that was built in 1870. We will be moving in this weekend. I'm trying to decide where I want to put each peace. I don't think I can really make up my mind until I can see how they look. If you send me a reply and I don't get right back to you its because we don't have a phone or the net yet. I hope to before the month is out. Barbara

That's a good idea to use tape. I've also read about people using clear (so you can still see your pattern) contact paper upside down underneath the glass pieces to keep them in place. I have a hard enough time keeping my pieces from breaking while I'm cutting them, the last thing I want is to have them break afterwards! Luckily that hasn't happened to me yet. The worse thing so far is that I was coming back from buying some new sheets of glass at a local supply store and somehow they slid out of the newspaper that the owner packaged them in. They fell to the concrete and shattered into thousands of pieces, luckly it was only about a $20 loss.

Currently taking a 6 week technique class learning to etch, sand blast, paint, over and under laying. I'm in my 3rd week of class, and even took a day of leave from work last week to catch my project up for last night's class. Class went well, and I was taking my project out to the car when my worst fear happened. The corner of the board that my project was on, hit the door frame, and my project fell to the sidewalk. All except 2 or 3 pieces of glass broke. I kept my composure long enough to load my things in my car, then bawled like a baby the entire way home. I was so upset. I've taken classes here before, and hauling large projects back and fourth has always concerned me. Has this ever happened to anyone here (hopefully not)? Anyway, thanks for letting me have my pity party. I won't be starting another project for this class (only 3 classes left). Instead, I'll just practice the techniques being taught on scraps of glass to get the practice in. Trying to make good of a not so good incident. -Liz