Light box
09-06-2016, 12:28 AM
#52
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[QUOTE=NatalieF;7644772]MeadowMist,
Another inexpensive method is taping your paper design onto a sunny window and placing your fabric over it and tracing away. That way you are using the sun as your light source.
This is what I have always used and it works great for me.
What a beautiful pattern you are planning to make
Thanks for sharing the link to it.
Another inexpensive method is taping your paper design onto a sunny window and placing your fabric over it and tracing away. That way you are using the sun as your light source.
This is what I have always used and it works great for me.
What a beautiful pattern you are planning to make
Thanks for sharing the link to it.
09-06-2016, 07:13 AM
#55
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I bought a light tablet that is 22.5 by 14 inches and 0.3 inches thick with adjustable brightness for about 60.00. Really works well for what I trace, very comfortable to use because it is so thin. That was the best price I could find.
09-06-2016, 07:34 PM
#56
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I am along your style Jan. I took a large picture frame , placed it over the arms of a childs chair with a lamp underneath.
It worked...
It worked...
My light box, for years was something taped to the patio door.
Then I progressed really uptown by using a leftover piece of window glass propped on 2 stacks of books with my Ott light shoved under it.
Lost the glass in the last move so I now use a piece of plexiglass on the same books with a 6" round tap-on-stick-up light underneath.
Jan in VA
Then I progressed really uptown by using a leftover piece of window glass propped on 2 stacks of books with my Ott light shoved under it.
Lost the glass in the last move so I now use a piece of plexiglass on the same books with a 6" round tap-on-stick-up light underneath.
Jan in VA
09-25-2016, 10:12 AM
#59
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Here is a link to a post I did years ago that has a picture of my improvised light box. Worked well for marking a quilt top.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...2-t145622.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...2-t145622.html
09-26-2016, 12:12 AM
#60
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You could make one or I bought one of these that I saw when taking class on wholecloth quilts http://www.mesew.com/ they have 2 sizes 12 x 16 and 22 x 22 you will need to buy light but can get them at walmarts for low price starting at 7.99
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