The table I usually use has a shallow drawer, so I turn my Kindle fire to the highest brightness setting and set the browser to a site with a white background and little text, put it in the drawer, and lay what I'm tracing onto the glass. If I'm tracing something detailed, I also set the screen timeout to longer than a couple of minutes. (At least I should. Usually I forget and wind up tapping the screen every time it dims.)
When it was time to chart the letter for Teenage Daughter's sweater, I wondered if the same trick would work with one of my clear storage boxes. It does -- with the added bonus that I don't have to keep the kids away from the table until I'm done tracing, or sit on the floor next to the table!
This post is linked to Craft-O-Maniac, WFMW, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Think Tank Thursday.
I was so lucky to find a very new looking light box, still in it's original packaging for 5 dollars with 25% off at my local thrift store. I never would have bought a new one otherwise. What a great idea for a substitute!
ReplyDeleteIf you can download a flashlight app, that works well too! And it shouldn't time out on you either. Thanks for sharing your idea, I'll have to try that.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Especially on these short days when I forgetting to do my tracing at the window before dark.
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea that I will keep in mind! I usually need a light source for seeing seam allowance when I am paper piecing, and I have a large desk lamp with a magnifying glass (it has a circular tube) that has so much light I never seem to reply on daylight or a window, but just the project up to the light.....
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea Michelle!!
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