bearisgray

A sock will also work - seriously - it is a good idea to keep those magnifiers out of the light when not in use.

feline fanatic

Thanks so much for the post, My set up sounds identical to yours. My ott light did come with a little drawstring bag for the magnifier glass but I rarely use it. Gonna start now!

Jan in VA

Bet that got your attention; so glad you weren't hurt!

Most of us are so far past our Brownie/Girl Scout days that we've forgotten this little trick!
Makes me wonder what else important I've forgotten over the years (besides the daily 'oldtimers' disorder!)

CorgiNole

Very glad you were not hurt and there was not much damage done.

Our Boy Scouts use this trick - especially for the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. But I tend to forget about this while indoors in the sewing room.

Cheers, K

HouseDragon

I've kept a cute drawstring bag over my Ott magnifier since reading on a blog about five years ago when the blogger had her couch start to burn from the sunlight hitting the magnifier.

Sandygirl

Grade school science....but a great reminder to be careful too! Yikes!

sandy

NJ Quilter

Guess we've all (at least us old folks) have forgotten the marvels of frying things on sidewalks with magnifying glasses in our childhod! Or was that just me? Thanks for the reminder!

coopah

Glad you're okay. Bet that was a scare. Whew! No more sewing with the sun on the magnifier, OK?

twinkie

Very good to know. I was using a heating pad on my back and went out into the kitchen to get something ready for supper and came back into the living room and found my couch on fire. I would never sleep with one again. Glad no one was hurt.

Brenda

How coincidental my friend just yesterday said her matress started to smoke from her ott magnifier. wow