Books of suncatcher patterns

Very nicely done, Mr. Bob Schneider! These anatomically correct patterns are a refreshing change from the oversimplified nonsense you see sometimes. You'll find no two-valved trumpets or three-stringed violins here. Each instrument has been rendered realistically as well as beautifully. Create the perfect suncatcher for that musician friend or relative. From clarinet to rock guitar, euphonium to dulcimer, there's something for everyone. Twenty patterns.

This book contains 87 fresh new patterns. Each one has been fabricated, photographed, and appears in 12 attractive pages in full color.

Here is a gorgeous array of tulips, lilies, irises, orchids and other favorite flowers, some in frames and some incorporating prefabricated glass jewel pieces for even more glittering effects. 64 pages. 8" x 11".

With over 100 patterns to choose from, beginners can fashion a butterfly, birds, flowers, toys, a whale, dolphin and candle. Templates of sturdy stock are ready to be cut out. Patterns can be enlarged, reduced or used as-is.

Here are fruits, birds, flowers, animals, teddy bears, a sun, a trumpet, and much more - all ready-to-use in full-size templates. 67 designs. 32 pages. 8" x 11".

20 patterns, fold-out, in duplicate, up to 12" x 12" in size. All for the child, as well as those of us in second childhood. Lamb, bunny, unicorn, puppy, kitten and other juvenilia.

These are projects designed for the lead came method of construction. Each is a miniature flowerpot containing some familiar member of the garden family--Impatiens, Spider Plant, Begonia, Philodendron, English Ivy, and others There seems to be at least 20 in this well illustrated book, with full sized drawings and instructions for each project.

These admittedly cute designs, using the lead came method, are a sort of hybrid between stained glass and other crafts. Without exception, the designs require something beyond the usual glass, lead and solder -- at the very least, tinned wire (14, 18 and 20 guage are employed). Some call for black paint, white paint, sheet foil, glue, even decorative pieces of wood. If you're the artsy-crafty type and have such things in your stash of materials, these designs will put them to excellent use. An askew elephant, a pensive lamb, a restrained piglet, and nervous bunny are only some of the 35 projects shown in full size.

8" x 8" or so corner designs which when complete may be attached with screws (not provided) to the upper corners of your window frames in the kitchen, bath or game room. They can be removed and changed at will. Subject matter includes teapots, flowers, angels, fans and all kinds of seasonal stuff. 32 pages, some in color.

Here one Mr. Alex Spatz shows us how to frame the picture of a friend, loved one or perhaps a passerby with stained glass. In this book you will find Mr. Spatz has designed twenty photo frames. To help visualize the finished project, they are illustrated on the covers in color. 45 or so pages, 8-1/2" x 11"

Journey into the whimsical world of faeries with Australia's finest stained glass designer. This book contains twenty-four original designs, each shown in full color. In this book we find Whisper Princess of Innocence, Aolean, the Wind Dancer, Misty, the Nymph of the Lilypads, Buttercup, Talien, Willow, Starbright, and all of those other folk who brighten up our dreamworld. You might recognize some of them from scenes in some of your more active day-dreams.

By Jillian Sawyer, an Australian artist. Fanciful creatures abound in this new sun catcher book by the designer of Faerie Lights and Sea Faeries. Patterns include many for dragons, faeries, goblins, faeried drops, crystal faeries and a unicorn. Oddly enough, the faeries of Ms. Foster look remarkably like fairies of our own ilk. 56 pages, 30 in full color.

This little book has 24 projects that can be used for last-minute gifts for those occasions you forgot about.