What kind of lighting??
 

My hubby wants to buy me a light for my quilting room for Christmas - yay! I currently have a few lamps (all on at the same time) that do not light the space very well at night. The brightest one next to my machine is so hot, I feel like I am tanning while I quilt! What kind of light should I get? I've been looking at the Ott lights on sale at JoAnn's. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I have florescent in/on the ceiling for entire room brightening and an Ott next to my machine, pressing and cutting area for directional lighting. The best of both because you can shut the Otts off that you don't need. Charlie

I have ott lites 5 of them. I love them.

I really like my ott light and use it for many things as well as sewing. (knitting, handwork, etc.) It works really good and I would certainly recommend one.

I LOVE my Ott lite over my machine and want to get one next to my chair for hand sewing/reading.

I bought a "generic" broad spectrum lite and it is wonderful; from this online store: http://www.firststreetonline.com/Hom...ions/Lighting/

The replacement bulbs are reasonable also.

If you have an overhead fluorescent fixture, you can put the daylight tubes in those and get excellelnt lighting which will give you true colors.

I have two ott lights and love them both for different areas of work...someday i am going to buy the one at joanns that is on a floor stand and has different attachments (magnifier)and can be adjusted for directions lamps work better for me than ceiling fixtures and during the day there is great light from a bay window that is one whole side of the room

The Ott lights are great. If fact JoAnns has them all 50% off thru Dec 24. I'm looking at the flyer now.

I have a floor Ott light behind my sewing/cutting table. Works great. Plenty of light.
This would be my suggestion. They are also suppose to keep colors true, not distort colors like flouresent bulbs.

Thank you!
 

Thank you so much for all of the suggestions and input.

I have found that using Halogen Bulbs in regular lamps, works very well. They really put out a beautiful light that is not hot or faded.

Plus there was a flyer that came in the mail for an additional 20% off on ALL items.

I purchased a stand up generic Ott light from Big Lots for about $26.00. Less that a fourth of the price of an Ott.
Love it!

My husband just put in a 4 ft hanging flourescent light fixture over my cutting table. I use the Daytime T8 flourescent bulbs in it. What a huge difference from the overhead fan/light, corner lamp and table top Ott. No shadows on my cutting. The Ott stands next to my sewing machine. Next will be a 6 ft. over my mid arm and a 2 ft. over my machine. Key is the daytime bulbs, they are just like the Ott. Good luck.

I just have the light "tree", they are not expensive at all; and put in the new (spiral) cool, day light bulbs. That works very well. I hate to have to buy the Ott light, then you'd have to buy those special light bulbs.

I have flourescent ceiling lights, a floor ott lamp and a desk ott lamp, and I think it's great - especially with my old eyes that don't see so well close-up any more. And yes, daylight flourescent bulbs for true colors.

The Ott lights seem to have the brightest light w/o all the heat. I have one and love it and want to get another. I haven't been able to go for the sale I had eyelid surg and you just can't do everything especially while you have the stitches in. I'm glad to hear the sale is still on maybe I can still get there I would love to have the floor standing one and move my other to the side of my sewing machine because the one I have like you feel like I'm sun tanning and it's not fun. Good Luck. Sue

I bought just the light bulbs from Joann's. I am moving into my sewing room in the basement. Wanted as much "natural" daylight as possible.

I got one from Menards for 20.00. it is very similar to the ott.

Me too same set up.

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I just this minute bought the exact same lamp on Overstock.com for $44.95 and free shipping.

I love my Ott lights.

I have3 Ott lightes, one for each area I work in and don't know what I did before them. They make my work bright and so much easier to see. Except when I embroider with black, no matter what light I use it is still hard for me to see inorder to do neat stitching. Merry Christmas .

Big Lots has the greatest floor standing Ott Lites. They are just very low priced and look just like the really high priced ones. They are in the back of the store, by the furniture. I have had mine 5 years and just love it. I also use the lamp that clamps onto my machine. They are awesome. Hancock's has a tiny one very cheap. Joann's has a clamp on one that is large and has great lighting. There is no need to buy the high priced ones. Save your money for something else.

Thank you so much for this link! DH just got me one for my birthday, and I love it!

You can buy the small ott lites that attach to your sewing machine and they are so good you could turn your lights off if you wanted. It has a little neck on it so you can angle the light to where ever you want the light to shine, like when you have to rip some seams :( as us quilters have to do on occation. I wouldn't be without mine.

I have a bendable Bright Lite on my machine which makes a huge difference!!!!!

I have been looking at Ott lights for years and finally decided to bite the bullet with a JoAnn's coupon. I have the smaller one that folds. I love it. It's so easy to move around my sewing room. I use it by my computer too. I love it.

What kind of machine do you have ? If you have a long arm have you checked out Deloa Jones site ?She has some awesome lighting that I really want!!!

Use or purchase your favorite lamp and put full spectrum bulbs in it. You will be pleased with the outcome.

I have track lighting with natural light bulbs....they are the spiral ones that do not generate too much heat.

I have one floor lamp OTT and two table lamps. The smaller ones are great for getting light where you REALLY need it. We have vaulted ceilings so... the ceiling light is wayyyyyyyyyyyy far away. I spaced out my OTT light purchases (bought 1 a month with coupons) from Joann's. I also have a small one I keep in my class kit.

I love the Ott lights, they are wonderful!

I have an Ott light by my FW sewing machine and a fan with a light in it as well.

But be careful, flourescent light I have heard that it is not good for your fabric so it will have to be stored out of sight of the lights.

My DH put in LED track lighting. No heat, almost no power usage, lots of light. I also have a swing arm LED desk light that covers the sewing and cutting area really well. It's the best he has done for me yet. As a radio-television engineer, his specialty was lighting. This is way better than my previous lighting (OTT).

I have shop lights on my ceiling (flouresent) in cool white. Then in the old ceiling light fixtures (you know the single bulb with a string hanging down) I replaced all those bulbs with an more expensive high efficient flood light. The light comes on dim at the start but puts out more light in a few minutes than I ever imagined. I have an ott light on my cutting table and then added a new bendable led light to my sewing machine, which was the best investment I have made in the recent year. They were cost prohibitive to me at first, but now I can honestly say, it was well worth it. No sewing machine should be without one.`

Very beautiful thought.

My Janome 7700 has a lot of lights on it, but I also added a bendable standing floor lamp. My overhead bulb is a flurorescent, so it takes a while warm up to bright.