When you create a design that is going to be divided up into sections like this one, do you draw the whole pattern and cut it into 4 pieces and make no allowances for the mullions, or do you cut out that part of the pattern that is the 1/2" (or whatever) of the wood frame? I have a hard time envisioning the difference in perspective and figuring out which way is right. I'm guessing, remove that section that would be covered by the mullions were it one whole piece?
Everything done in Glasseye. Actually I attempted to just quarter the original drawing, but then discovered that the horizon was too close to horizontal bar, so I then started playing around with making the lighthouse larger and then I ran into another problem, the verticals seemed out of place. So I got rid of the quartering lines and exported the pattern as a picture, used that picture as a background. Built the 'wood' frame to approximate size, then positioned the frame over the background and manually traced in each section, starting with the lighthouse and then moved the whole thing over the background until I had the boat and setting sun where I wanted them and traced the rest in. Glasseye makes this part of the task a whole lot easier.
Have the prospective owners seen it yet?
Not yet - want to wait a bit until I get more of the sidelights done.
Getting it right, when cutting it into 4 or whatever piecesis important. That's what ensures that your solder lines flow correctly from one panel to the next, and it dlook like a unit, not four individual pieces.
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My way of doing that is to make the pattern to fit the entire space, then blank out, from between the panes, the appropriate amount required for the mullions (or what ever they are called.).
