EZGlassPattern guidesStained glass pattern guides
Short, practical answers to the questions that come up between the photo and the cutting table.
- How do I make a stained glass pattern from a picture?Step by step from a photo to a cuttable, printable stained glass pattern, by hand or with a tool.
- Which cuts are impossible in glass?The cuts glass can't do (inside corners, enclosed pieces) and the ones that usually fail, with fixes.
- How much glass and copper foil do I need?Glass area per colour plus waste, copper foil from piece perimeters, lead came from seams: the arithmetic and an example.
- How do I print a stained glass pattern at actual size?Print at 100%, turn off fit to page, match the paper size, and measure the scale square before cutting.
Tools and comparisons
- Is my stained glass pattern cuttable?The free checker: drop a pattern and see which pieces can't be cut at your finished size, with one-click fixes.
- Make a stained glass pattern from a photoPhoto to pattern: choose a piece count, set the real size, fix flagged pieces, and print a full-size pattern.
- What makes a stained glass pattern good for beginners?What makes a pattern beginner-friendly, a checklist, and a free difficulty check for any pattern.
- Copper foil or lead came: which should I use?Copper foil vs lead came: when to use each, line allowances, and how the method changes your pattern.
- Looking for a Pattrn-AI alternative?An honest comparison with Pattrn-AI (as of October 2026): what each does better, pricing, and the cut check.
- Looking for a Glass Eye 2000 alternative on a Mac?Glass Eye 2000 is Windows-only; an honest comparison for Mac users (as of October 2026).