Trick Or Treat
Technically we have 5 finished projects to show so far this week. We’ll start with Jane who brought in a visitor — her niece, Brenda. Jane had decided last week that she wanted to do a stained glass candle holder, so the first thing we did was find a pattern she liked. After deciding on a pattern and the size we drew up a full sized pattern and Jane went to work cutting the strips that make up the sides of her candle holder on the strip cutter.
There are 4 sides to her project and each side had 5 pieces so she was able to finish this in only one class. Her niece like it so much that Jane ended up giving it to her! Look for Jane to make another one to take to her own home next week!
Meanwhile, Ellen went to work on the large center panel of her 3 piece fireplace screen. As you can see from the picture below she wasted no time at all and got a ton of work accomplished! With most of the leaves cut she moved up higer on the pattern and got the sky, sun and the brush all finished. It all lays out perfectly on top of her pattern already and it hasn’t even been ground yet! I’d expect to see this all cut next week since ythe only pieces she has left are the water and the lighter green for her leaves.
Joey had taken his Mallard window home to finish last week and when he arrived this week the window was completed save for some quick touch-ups and the hooks to hang it by. All I can say is that Joey has learned well and has this down pat. He was worried that he had too much solder on the back side of the window but I can’t complain about his work at all. He’ll be making a sign next and I’ll bet that after he completes it his soldering will be perfect. As for his work this week, I’d have to say that his soldering skills are way beyond average and that he has nothing to worry about– especially when you consider that this is only his second project. Here’s his finished Mallard Window. It looks great!
Cheryl was busy at home also because, like Joey, she had everything completed on her window save for the soldering. The only difference was that she had both the front and back sides to solder on her LSU window. When she came in tonight she had it finished and ready for hooks. She also had almost 60 bevels wrapped for stars (with a little help from Joey and Danielle) so she started on her first star tonight. After she finished the first one she did a second for good measure. Her work is wonderful as you can see from her pictures here! Next up is another LSU sign with a different color scheme. I can’t wait to see what she and Joey walk in the door with next week. 
      
Be sure to check out Gerad and Lane and Craig’s progress tomorrow.
Paul