I need to fix my lighting too. I have a lot of bright and focused task lighting so as long as I'm just looking down right where I'm sewing there's lots of light. But as soon as I lift my head out of that puddle of light it's like crossing from day into night. I have task lights at my sewing machine and over my cutting table and that's pretty much the ONLY lighting in the room. If I want to press something in the evening I just have to hope I'm doing it right because it's so dim in there. And good luck finding anything in my cupboards.
I found a cool old brass swag lamp on an extra long chain at a thrift shop for $8. It needs a special type of shade that I can't find, but I bought a generic shade at IKEA that I think I can modify to fit. It has one light that shines directly down and three more that provide ambient light - I'm going to suspend it a bit in front of my pressing area (a little off-center in the room) so my body won't cast shadows from it. I love Reveal light bulbs - they have a near-daylight color and aren't too expensive. I will probably put a mix of Reveal and LED bulbs in that fixture and then I think I'll be pretty well set.