You're so right about a projector. I got a small one about the size of a camera for christmas and I use it all the time. I put pics on a memory chip or scan patterns to computer to put on the chip and put the chip in the projector. My SO took a piece of plexiglass, cut it to the size I wanted and hung it on the wall in my sewing room and this is what I tape paper to. I project what I want and trace on the paper. It's great.