A Large Window Is Begun
Ellen and Jane were both in for our morning class today. Ellen had purchased a fireplace screen and knew what design she wanted to make for it– the bayou scene from the main page of our homepage (www.bsgw.biz).
The original window was roughly 3 foot by 3 foot wide and the fireplace screen is almost twice as long as it is high, so the pattern had to be adjusted to fit in the new demensions while maintaining it’s correct aspect. All in all I think the pattern came out nicely. During the week between classes Ellen managed to put together another beveled star while she was at home. Good job, Ellen!  Ellen can do about anything on her own now. She’s comfortable and extremely capable with cutting and soldering and she’s ready to tackle her latest (large) window. Here’s a look at the full 3 panel fireplace screen pattern and then a closeup of the center section that Ellen traced out today and will begin working on first.
Jane had finished her octagon window while she was home last week and brought it back so I could go over her soldering. She had only a few problem areas and that was only along the borders on long straight runs. I touched them up and then while she worked on a beveled star of her own I washed it, colored it and then waxed it for her. Jane was going to do it herself at home, but I wanted to be sure we had some finished pictures! So while she was wrapping and putting a soldered edge on her triangle bevels I did the mundane cleanup on her Octagon Window. I then hung it in the sun and took this picture. It’s another example of the wonderful work Jane does.
And let’s not forget the star that she made during class today. Here’s 2 views of that.
During classes we heard from Gerald who called to said he wouldn’t be able to make it in so both he and Lane will be arriving tomorrow (Wednesday) for our night class. Â Look for their progress to be posted sometime Thursday morning along with Cheryl and Joey’s work.
Paul