can the light shine through medium to dark fabric for tracing quilt designs?
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Yes it can. I use it for placing my paper pieces to fussy cut the fabric. Only bad comment is the electrical cord is short.
532621
yes, the shade will lighten up the room. The embroidery does not affect the light casting.
2280326
Not by much. I don't know why since, with the sewing machine, I can see the eye of the needle clearly and every individual stitch. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend this lamp for that use. Try using the computer software that's out there to do that for you. Good luck.
1427112
I don't know about all shades but I've traced from some fairly dark/colored pages onto white paper. I am very happy with this product.
935300
Hi Mike. While this sounds like a great idea, I just tried to use it to cut a piece of scrap material. The guide bar doesn't really lift enough to slide material under it unless it's very thin material. If you slide it all the way out of the way and maybe secure the material in place with masking tape, then with the light on you could probably trace and see well enough to trace the outline of a stencil... but probably only if the material is a thin and light colored material. I guess the short answer is it would work, but limited. Great idea though. I shopped around a bit before I bought mine and I don't remember seeing anything else like it in this price range. Good luck!
488262
Hello: The colors are not opaque, but more translucent. I doubt they would show up on the dark fabric. Some dry erase markers such as Bic Great Erase Grip have bolder colors. Permanent markers also work.
881244
The light emitted does not illuminate very far, only a few inches. As long as the lines are void of fluid, short, and not very sharp turns/curves, this might work for you.
1010332
It would be difficult to blend the middle seam. if the background were light it could work but if the background was dark it would be noticeable
1644669
To the best of my knowledge no, although I never held it up to the light. It was thick, quilted beautifully.
1801870
no. the light covers a very small area and is definitely blue. in order to get a good view of where u r stitching, u need to pull the glass down very close...the smaller more magnified circle is too small and isn't magnified enough. there must be better mag/lamps out there. i'm sorry i bought this one.
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hi Evie, it is not a bright light. while I can't answer your question without knowing more I can say I use 20 lb. paper with ink / pencil and clarity is diminished at 4 sheets over original sketch. hope that's enough to figure it out.:-)
1085038
Yes. Outlines and shadows can be seen thru the shade cloth, but faces and details cannot be seen.
200784
this might work, if exposed to enough light. something reflective might be a better choice. maybe a trial test would be in order to find out for sure.
1150587
This paper is light. It is almost like plastic paper. It would certainly be light enough for a pencil to trace fine details through, but I don't know that it would last as long as you'd like. Also, it is too light to be able to trace around the edges.... there is no stiffness to it. You might be better off with the stiffer plastic sheets that are used as section dividers for reports. That's what I've used for quilt block pieces that are meant to be reused. There are also a variety of types of plastic sheets that can be found with blueprint and architectural supplies.
1555576
I think it has real good light. I am also older and I have no trouble seeing with it. If it's not bright enough for you, try a small Ott light and set it close to your machine so it will throw the light right on the area where you are sewing. Hope this helps.
89002
Not for the dark fabric ones. Print it as you will see it. You only do reverse for the light fabric ones, it's totally different
1767063
Not really- it largely depends on on your lighting.You certainly cannot see detail through it