butterfly

[ct4mom]

Here is Isabel"s butterfly to go with the ballerina. All cut and ready for foil just cant decide on the border. Should I or shouldn't I.

[Audrey]

That is pretty. Is it as big as it looks?

[PiscesGlass]

My vote would be "should"...I'd pick a couple of the nice colors in the butterfly and create a double edge for it.  Would look really nice.  Sort of finish it off!  Looking Good Di!

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[ct4mom]

Its about 14 x 14 without a frame. She picked the pattern for this one herself.

[JoanFrances]

Di, because you said it is to go with the other panel, I think you should put a border on it too.  It is going to be really nice

[Kev]

Agree....border it. Maybe pick up the yellow accents since there is yellow in the ballerina as well. You do such a great job with the cutting and fitting of your glass. I've noticed this some time ago..good job. I take it you glue you patterns to the glass..I've never tried that.

[ct4mom]

Takes a little longer Kev but works well for me.

[Brad_B]

Really nice. I think a border would frame it nicely.

[Bleedy Pokes]

I'd vote for a border, too! I don't normally feel like everything MUST have a border, but I think a border would suit this piece quite nicely since you've got so much "open space" between the butterfly and the edge.

I just love that iridescent clear glass! It's so fun and cute and seems to be perfect for a little girl's room! A little sparkle, even at night!

[Tre V]

   Very nice! Me too..on the border..

[Anne]

I would vote for the frame too Di.  The butterfly is lovely, what a lucky little girl!

[Linde]

Definitely frame it. I love the irridized glass.

[Bleedy Pokes]

I'd vote for a border, too! I don't normally feel like everything MUST have a border, but I think a border would suit this piece quite nicely since you've got so much "open space" between the butterfly and the edge.

I just love that iridescent clear glass! It's so fun and cute and seems to be perfect for a little girl's room! A little sparkle, even at night!

What was I thinking when I posted this? I forgot to mention AWESOME BUTTERFLY! And that I wish I had it in my room!

I glue my pattern pieces down, too. Maybe I always will. I've tried the "trace cutting" method, and found that I ended up having to grind a lot more to get my pieces to fit (even though I used a simple pattern with very few difficult cuts). In the end, it seemed that cutting out the pattern pieces and gluing them down saved me time, even though there's a few extra steps involved.

[Graham]

I've tried the "trace cutting" method, and found that I ended up having to grind a lot more to get my pieces to fit (even though I used a simple pattern with very few difficult cuts). In the end, it seemed that cutting out the pattern pieces and gluing them down saved me time, even though there's a few extra steps involved.

Trace cutting doesn't save any time until you get good at it. And it takes time to get good and save that time in the future. But it's like sharpening an axe. If you don't spend some time sharpening the axe, you'll bring down some trees, but you'll never be a highly productive lumber-jack.

If time's not important to you, cutting and gluing down pattern pieces works just fine.

[Bleedy Pokes]

I've tried the "trace cutting" method, and found that I ended up having to grind a lot more to get my pieces to fit (even though I used a simple pattern with very few difficult cuts). In the end, it seemed that cutting out the pattern pieces and gluing them down saved me time, even though there's a few extra steps involved.

Trace cutting doesn't save any time until you get good at it. And it takes time to get good and save that time in the future. But it's like sharpening an axe. If you don't spend some time sharpening the axe, you'll bring down some trees, but you'll never be a highly productive lumber-jack.

If time's not important to you, cutting and gluing down pattern pieces works just fine.

What? You mean I've gotta keep practicing?  Drat.
Yeah, time is important to me, and so is experimenting. I'll try out trace cutting again on another simple pattern. It felt good at first to have all these pieces cut out and ready to go, until I laid them out on my pattern and found that I had a few pieces too big, and few too small. Plus, I ended up having a lot of wasted glass from not planning my positioning better. I seriously think that I spend as much time experimenting with new things as I do sitting down and finishing a piece, learning is part of the fun! I'll get the hang of it eventually (but I said that same thing 4 months ago when I first tried out trace cutting)!

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