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#51
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NW Wa
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HI Well I didnt pay $60 for mine used a 40% off a Michaels.
But before that or if I need a biggerspace I have used the windows but hurts my arm if I have to trace very much so make your own box.
1 lg box, + 1 lamp, +a white lght wt fab to cove the top of the box and a non shader piece of glass over the top...
A hole in the bok to run the cord into the box. The white fabric or muslin is to defuse the light so not to go blind. I have used that many a times..... it works great and you can sit down or a smaller box on a table. One of those skiny floresent lights work's great that goes under a counter for extra light... good luck now got spend the rs of the $ on fab and threads.....smile
But before that or if I need a biggerspace I have used the windows but hurts my arm if I have to trace very much so make your own box.
1 lg box, + 1 lamp, +a white lght wt fab to cove the top of the box and a non shader piece of glass over the top...
A hole in the bok to run the cord into the box. The white fabric or muslin is to defuse the light so not to go blind. I have used that many a times..... it works great and you can sit down or a smaller box on a table. One of those skiny floresent lights work's great that goes under a counter for extra light... good luck now got spend the rs of the $ on fab and threads.....smile
#52
$60 may seem like a lot of money for a light box, but there is nothing more convenient than to pull it out of the box when you need one. I bought mine many years ago and actually did pay $60 for it and don't regret it for a minute. You have to decide if you really need an actual light box or if a make-shift one will do. Good luck on your decision. :)
#54
I use a clear storage tub turned upside down over a lamp and it works wonderful, then tape the design drawn with a black permanent marker on a piece of copy paper on the tub. It works very well. The trick is to draw on the quilt top before sandwiching it together. Mary
#55
Originally Posted by taylorsgmom
I have so many patterns to create blocks for quilts and pillows. Do I really need to spend 60 bucks for a special light box? Could I use a Light Bright box? I think that we still have one from when my girls were little.
What do the rest of you use?
What do the rest of you use?
#57
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Kansas City Kansas
Posts: 303
I finally broke down and bout one. It is only 9x12 but that is plenty big enough. It has made life easier and it was $30 with my Joanne's coupon. I tried to talk my husband into making one but he said just buy one so I did. (used to use my window too)
#58
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: North Kansas City, MO
Posts: 561
I have a Janome plexiglass extension table that came with a machine my son bought me for Christmas several years ago. I always used it as a light table (portable stick-up light underneath)Had a drop down table for the machine, so I never needed the extension table.
#59
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Littlefield, TX, USA
Posts: 1,077
I use the glass top coffee table...put a light under it (I have a little desk lamp that I take the shade off of) & go for it.
Originally Posted by taylorsgmom
I have so many patterns to create blocks for quilts and pillows. Do I really need to spend 60 bucks for a special light box? Could I use a Light Bright box? I think that we still have one from when my girls were little.
What do the rest of you use?
What do the rest of you use?
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