light box
04-24-2022, 05:24 AM
#11
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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I bought my light box from Amazon. Love it for sewing, but I originally bought it for making stained glass windows. I use it when I make t shirt quilts to see the design because I fuse the already cut interfacing over the backside of the shirt. It is way handier than taped to window tracing, and I'm finding other applications now that I have it!
04-24-2022, 06:58 AM
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 15,973
I have the Crayola one and it works for small tracings but hard to see some of them because it is not that bright. I have the Cutterpiller Glow light mat. It's great. Different levels of brightness and a gridded or non gridded cutting mat for it too.
04-24-2022, 09:33 AM
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Virginia
Posts: 229
Originally Posted by SuzSLO
I use my acrylic insert around my sewing machine and the flashlight on my phone.
04-24-2022, 10:20 AM
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: in the sticks of PA
Posts: 2,307
I have one that I purchased at Michaels with a coupon 20+ years ago and works great. The one I have is called “The light box”. I don’t use it as often as I use to but every time I plug it in it works. Yes it is a plug in are the new ones battery operated or plug in?
04-24-2022, 04:07 PM
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Walker Missouri
Posts: 199
Yes!!! Easy Trace Light Box by Lori Holt. I love it and everyone I know who has one says it's the best they have ever used. I bought mine online but bought one for my daughter at my local quilt store.
04-25-2022, 06:45 AM
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: las vegas nv.
Posts: 2,452
Light Box
I took a clear storage tote & glued a small bar light to the inside of the lid. Put the lid back on the tote as you normally would & flip it upside down so the lid is on the bottom-wall la instant lightbox. There is a sight called artnews.com that gives reviews on several lights, a great site.
04-25-2022, 09:22 AM
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 15,973
I took a clear storage tote & glued a small bar light to the inside of the lid.
The storage totes I have looked at do not have a flat bottom and usually something in the middle to make it bumpy. What brand of bin do you use?
The storage totes I have looked at do not have a flat bottom and usually something in the middle to make it bumpy. What brand of bin do you use?
04-25-2022, 05:40 PM
#19
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Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 273
I bought one from Amazon and it is really nice. You plug it into the usb on your laptop and it has a couple of levels of intensity.
It also came in various sizes.
I've used it more than I thought I would.
I've also used my patio door!
It also came in various sizes.
I've used it more than I thought I would.
I've also used my patio door!
