3d Stained Glass Church Pattern -1 Christmas Village

Description

Watch this first — knowing the order the walls go together saves you discovering it halfway through.

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Where it works

The middle of a village display, not the edge. At 190 mm tall it is the tallest building in the collection, which is what you want — the eye goes to the church and the rest of the village reads around it. It also works alone on a mantelpiece with a small tree either side. Light it from inside rather than from behind: at this depth the tower blocks a backlight, and the stained glass windows only really shine with a source in the building.

Who buys this pattern

Collectors building a full village over several years, who will want this last because everything else is scaled to it; makers with some 3D experience who want a project with real detail; anyone who owns a Cricut and wants to use the decal files properly; and makers selling finished buildings at craft fairs, where a church is the piece customers ask for by name.

What is in the download

• Church PDF — main pattern, full-size at 1:1 scale
• Church part 2 PDF — second section of the pattern
• Clock and window decoration files — decals, Cricut-ready SVG
• All files ZIP archive — everything in one place

Files arrive on your order page and in your confirmation email as soon as payment clears. Note that this is the church pattern only — the rest of the village is sold separately.

Licence

A personal and commercial licence is included. Make it for yourself, commission it out, or cut and sell the finished buildings — no per-sale fees and no obligation to report.

Printing and finishing

Print the PDF at 100% scale and check a measurement before cutting — never use “fit to page”, or the piece will print undersized and the walls will not meet at the corners cleanly. Because every piece in a 3D building is a simple shape, cut them all in one session and label each part; the assembly is where this project lives or dies, and a set of identical-looking rectangles that are actually four different sizes is the single most common way it goes wrong. Leave every solder joint to cool fully before you stand the piece up — thin walls move while they are still warm.

Gallery of finished churches

The same pattern in a range of colours, made by other stained glass artists:

Share your finished piece

We are glad to publish photos of your work, and your feedback helps other makers decide. Send a photo and your permission to publish it to [email protected].

A note before you start

You are buying the pattern only. Glass, came, solder, an LED strip, a Cricut machine if you use one, and any finished building are not included. The photographs show the design completed by other makers using their own materials.