I managed to use my printer to copy my pattern onto tracing paper, then cut out with my shears.

TY! I know this might seem so simple for some people but I'm stressing out about how thick to make the lines and HOW to make sure they come out that thickness, and how I should cut those lines and how to keep track of if what I'm working on still fits the pattern...

This has been EXTREMELY helpful

Wish I would have seen this video when I first started my foray into stained glass! I started out by watching 1 youtube video of someone who told me to use vellum, a gluestick, and GLUE the pattern pieces onto the glass, that way they "stay" in place when you grind and the vellum doesn't fall apart like regular paper with the water. I quickly found out that that method was a MESS, my pattern slid all around the piece I was grinding, and my project never fit well together and I couldn't figure out why! 3 months later I took a real class and leaned of my mistakes lol

Thank you. I will try this method more often 👏👏👏👍

Thanks so much for sharing! I've never taken a class so online info is all I got :)

Thank you so very much for doing this video!!!  this is exactly what I was looking for🎉😊

Yeayyyyy thank you so much for sharing. Card stock is a new thing for me. I bought some from amazon but i think i need to get a thicker one. Mine is a bit flimsy. Its says 199 g/m2

Thanks for sharing!!

Bought this so this is helpful thanks

genius

I ordered a 1/4" bit I see that it is slender hence should  make grinding  small pieces easier? Thank you for the video I watched that one too a few months ago.

You answered my question before I even asked. When your new video popped up I was going to ask if your patterns were hand drawn or created using a computer program. I wanted to get a program to use but wasn't sure which one would be best for just making the black and white sketch as you have done. Before I retired I would use our CADD program at work in my spare time to practice making a pattern.

Have you used a cricut to cut the pattern out? Life changing

@SamanthaAshley I don't have Photoshop so I draw lines on my patterns by hand. What size are your 10 pixel lines in mm please?
I used a conversion web page and it said a 10 pixel line was 2.6mm thick. That's huge.😂
Thank you

How does that card stock hold up on the grinder?  Ah the lightbulb just went on. Never mind lol😂

Thank you! You've solved my dilemma of 'how thick should the lines be'!! You're a great teacher! One question, Do you have to mirror the pattern in photoshop so that when you cut the glass from the back side, the it comes out in the intended direction on the front side?

What type of pen do you use when tracing the pattern onto glass ?

where did you buy your pattern

I printed my pattern directly onto card stock, do I cut on the inside of the black line or outside of it?

Wondering why you cut outside the line and then spend time grinding the line away. Your outcome is lovely, I’m just wondering if this is the way you were taught