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How do you USE a light box?

Old 12-16-2010, 07:12 AM
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I know how to MAKE a light box but I don't know how it can be USED!!! Can you can trace motifs from paper drawings and/or plastic templates?
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Sure; it is used for tracing pictures, etc.
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Old 12-16-2010, 07:15 AM
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I use the picture window in the livingroom. I tape my pattern to the window and then trace it.
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Old 12-16-2010, 07:16 AM
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Put your original drawing down first and your paper that you what it copied to on top. It's the same concept as when you hold a paper up to the glass window to copy something.
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Old 12-16-2010, 07:22 AM
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It is helpful in tracing applique pieces too :D:D:D
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Old 12-16-2010, 07:45 AM
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I had a picture of a quilt that used the same block pattern as the one in my avatar. I enlarged it, taped it to the light box, laid plain paper over it and made an line drawing of the pattern. I then made several copies of the line drawing, let my DD color them and picked out the one we liked best as my color guide for my avatar quilt.
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:47 AM
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I have an old flat bed scanner that I use as a light box. Works great!
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by KathyAire
Put your original drawing down first and your paper that you what it copied to on top. It's the same concept as when you hold a paper up to the glass window to copy something.
My family got tired of all our windows having pictures/patterns covering them up :)
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:11 AM
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I use my dad's floor model light table (he was a cartoonist) and I love, love, love it! Could be some sentiment and fond memories involved in that I guess :oops: , but I use it a lot for drafting patterns and combining pieces from different sources. You know, a little piece of this design, a smidgen of that one.
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I use my all the time. You can put a picture on the table inside a plastic bag and lay cloth over the top. Then you can paint on the cloth and the picture is unharmed.
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