Windows.....

 

 You Know How It Goes....

Do You even Remember The Doll Maker's Studio, Dear Readers? That Quick little project I was going to embark on to stave off insanity while building the Never ending lilac bushes? And which project went so quickly from little and quick to Complicated and Elaborate that even I was astonished at the transformation? Well, you can see in the above picture that not much has been accomplished on it in the past year or more! My excuse is that I couldn't decide what method to use for the little windows in the lowest section of the build... the part that is the old "stone" part of the structure. You can see here the unevenly cut shape of the window openings.... (cut in a hurry by me when adding this opening outer wall to the "room box " that was the initial expansion of the kit..... it's a long story..... see earlier posts!) And to tell the truth, it was my spending part of last summer working on the larger but similar windows of the Castle Dollhouse that led me to the decision about these windows! So there is some reason to the madness after all! It seems obvious now to use the same method of making a glass "sandwich" out of thin wooden frames that fit the window opening. This makes it so the glass cutting does not have to be very fancy. The frames cover the imperfections and wood is easier to shape than glass!

I begin by making a paper pattern that fits the opening as nearly as possible.

Then I trace it onto the thin plywood and cut the frame out.

 

Of course, the frame never fits right at first

 and requires a lot of careful sanding to get close enough.

The bottom section will be added when the glass is put in.

I had some scraps of glass that only needed

 a little trimming at the top, cutting the corners off 

to make them fit the arched openings.

I also needed to draw the exact shape of the openings in the frames

 so the lead lines would fit in the opening.

Here you can see I have added the carefully measured lead lines pattern.

Here I have started to add the "lead lines" paint

 to the glass which is carefully taped over the pattern.

And for the third, smaller window too.

I think my "leading" got better as I went along!

But it still needs a lot of trimming up

 once it has "cured" for a day or two.

(You might remember that I discovered I could do this

 while working on the castle windows!)

And that is as far as I got, Dear Readers,

 making the Windows for the Dollmaker's Studio.

But I am sure the rest will come together quickly.

You know how it goes with Kit Bashing and windows!