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How to Create & Lay Out a Pattern for a Mosaic Project

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Summary: Make two copies of your design when creating a mosaic, and use one to make a pattern for cutting your glass tiles. Learn how, and get tips on creating and laying out your mosaic design pattern, in this free mosaic glass art instructional video.

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"Now what I want to do is take- each design, you want to make two copies of it. so now what I want to do is take one copy of the design and cut it up for the pattern for the glass. So I have the design traced with carbon paper on to the backer board and now I’m going to cut the actual shapes out. So what we have is, we have the center and the four pieces that go around that. so those are my- and really you only need one of these because they’re all the same. So you really only need two pieces for this. You need the center and one of these four pieces that your repeat, that you cut four times. "

eHow Article: How to Create & Lay Out a Pattern for a Mosaic Project

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