Last Classes Before Christmas
Jane managed to escape on me again this week without me getting any pictures of what she got finished. I don’t know how she manages to do it, but she’s the only one who seems to manage to get out of the shop while avoiding my camera on a semi-regular basis. The best I can do is show you the a picture of the window we based her newest pattern on. We changed the number of flowers from 3 to either 8 or 9 (my memory is failing me here) and the birds will be two different colors but aside from those differences you will be able to see the similarities when I get a picture of her window on here during the next class. Today she got everything but the background traced out on glass and then broken into individual pieces.
Meanwhile, Ellen finished cutting all the glass for her center panel and then tacked it all together. We transfered the tacked window to another smaller board to make it easier to transport home with her where she can work on soldering it during the Holiday Season. Her remaining 2 panels are both half the size of this one so Ellen is making great progress!
Cheryl finished her USL sign at home and brought it back so I could put some hooks on it. Tonight she got her next pattern all lined up and the glass all picked out. It’s going to be an underwater scene with assorted tropical fish throughout it. I was so hung up on getting a picture of the USL Window that I didn’t even think to photograph the pattern that she colored in. Here’s a look at her USL sign and a black and white picture of the pattern she’s doing next.
   
Lastly we have Joey whose finished Parrot Window looks great! His daugheter, Danielle, had a hand in getting this started and Joey just decided that it was time tofinish it and get it off the table. It took some work to finish it up because the flux had sat on it for so long but in the end we got the lead to adhere to the copper foil and as you can see it looks great. Joey will be doing 3 kitchen cabinet doors when he come back for classes next year. 
Gerald wasn’t around tonight but I suspect we’ll see him on Wednesday night. As a pleasant surprise this Blog is actually being completed on the same day that the classes have occured! If Gerald makes it in tomorrow (Wednesday) look for another entry here to see how he’s making out on his latest project.
The last thing I have to show you is the completed Peacock window. It’s taken a long time but we were working on other projects while this was going on. It will certainly be good to get back the table that this had been taking up for the past 4 months or so. Here’s a full sized shot and then a quick closeup of the lead border that travels around the window.
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We will be off to PA from the 26th to the 9th so the Blog will be neglected for the next 2 or 3 weeks while we are away. I’ll make a post or 2 during the trip and post the class schedule on here before we leave.