Some great new additions to this thread ... Thanks Ladies!
Keep those ideas flowing!!!
My latest hack would be .......... my Light Table ....
old drawer (found on the side of a street during goods exchange day)
with $ $tore LED flashlights inside
topped with a 1/4" piece of plexi
all sitting atop a fold-away TV tray table (already had but never used!)
I leave it sitting in the corner of my sewing room, where it is ready, willing and able
for me to trace things out, without a major set up issue.
Totally portable, if I want it to move it somewhere else to work.
Bonus, that it requires no electricity!
Double Bonus ... minimal cost to make it