Question about a light box
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I know how to make a cheap light box but assumed you could only trace from a template and didn't see the point. Now I'm thinking ... can you trace from a printed-paper design? I have so many printed out and have been tracing onto that durn tissue paper and sewing through it. (I'm a chicken about FMQ.) Is this the big advantage of a light box???
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I have a large 18X24 light box that my husband had in his ad agency for many years, and we both still use it a lot for tracing large designs. I have even used it to copy pp patterns onto drier sheets so I don't have to remove any paper once the blocks are pieced together.
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Originally Posted by litacats
I have a light box I bought it for my card making and find it invaluable in the patchwork for tracing applique and patterns
a) for stability
b) to put a piece of fabric between the two plastic layers (It eleminates glare).
I have put 7.5'' legs underneath it. Put on my table, it has a very comfortable height and I can regulate the light I put underneath it (It has three small bulbs).
This worked out quite well.
Starting to quilt has done this to me: I keep on making things myself...
It's fun!
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