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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

A Fabulous Chance Light up Your World

I have a little news that is going to make many of you VERY happy...at least I think so :)  

Last February I was given the opportunity to host a giveaway for the Inspired Lighting Sewing Machine Light Kit. Inspired Lighting sent me a light kit and said that if I liked it great, and if not, well, that was okay too. As it turned out, I LOVED the light kit and was surprised by how much light the light strip put out.

The kit comes with an LED light strip that has an adhesive backing, and all the tools you need to attach the strip to your machine.


Simply place the light strip along the inside of the machine and then wrap the cord around to the side. All of the pieces have an adhesive backing, so installation is super easy. The kit even comes with its own on/off switch.


Before I installed the light strip, I plugged it in just to see how bright the strip would be and I was very surprised by how much light the narrow strip gives off.


Here's a before and after picture. The picture on the left is before and the right, after. A BIG difference.




Now for the GREAT news...

Inspired Lighting is giving away 5, yes 5! light kits to 5 lucky winners!!!

The last give away was only open to those of you living here in the United States, but this time around, Inspired Lighting has opened the give away to all who live in the U.S. and Canada!!! 

If you would like a chance to win one of the fabulous light kits for your sewing machine,

1.You must be a follower of this blog.
2. Leave a message on this post and let me know how you follow, i.e. email, Bloglovin, Feedly, etc.  
3. You must live in the United States or Canada.

The winners will be announced on September 1, 2016. 

I used my first light kit on my little Baby Lock Anna which I use for travel. Inspired Lighting is sending me another light kit to install on my machine that I use at home, so I will be able to do a video of the installation and give you a real life look at how it lights up my world :)  

Good Luck!!!

A big Thank You to Inspired Lighting for giving me this opportunity to once again share a great product. 

144 comments:

  1. I follow via email and would love the chance to win one!

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  2. Oh yes, Yes, throw my name in the hat! Bloglovin follower. Than you!

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  3. Hi, I live in Minneapolis and follow you on Feedly. If love to win a kit.

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  4. Wow, this is a stupendous idea and a generous gift. I follow on bloglovin'. Thank you for a fun, informative blog.

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  5. I follow your blog via Bloglovin'

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  6. I'd love that light for my sewing machine. I follow via Bloglovin'.

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  7. Rhonda, I follow you on Feedly. You share so many wonderful ideas. I'd like to win one of the light strips, but if I don't I will probably buy one!

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  8. I follow on Bloglovin' and need one for an additional machine, too.

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  9. I follow on Bloglovin' and would love to have this, thank you......

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  10. What a neat product. I follow on Feedly.

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  11. I have 2 machines that could use these lights! I am a Bloglovin' follower! Fingers crossed here.

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  12. I follow by email. Thank you for the chance to win this nifty light. Vicki DeVito

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  13. Feedly brings you to me every time you post. I've been coveting one of those light sets for a long time. Hey, Universe. Pick me!

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  14. Pick me, pick me! I'm a follower and your blog is also listed on my blog roll... and did I mention it is my birthday tomorrow? ;) Thanks for the opportunity to throw my hat in and for hosting the give-away. [fingers crossed]

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  15. Wow thanks for a great giveaway !!!!

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  16. I so need this on my older-than-me Pfaff with the 5 watt light bulb. I follow you on Feedly. Thanks for an awesome giveaway!

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  17. I follow on Blog login and my bendable light just gave out. Win or but...hmm....

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  18. I have one of these lights and love it, love it! It is just wonderful. The light strip is long enough for two machines; a supplemental kit is available on their web site to create the setup for a 2nd machine. "Inspired" is the perfect name for this light!

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  19. This looks very impressive! Thank you so much for your generosity and help with sewing problems! I follow you via email and this blog .. hmm... maybe I need to look into LED light strips for under cabinet lights. My old ones just started failing and need replaced.

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  20. I would love one of these!! I follow you on The Old Reader.

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  21. FIESTA ... E-mail and Bloglovin ;)

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  22. I follow you on Feedly. I truly love your blog and look forward to reading.
    Mel

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  23. What a pleasant surprise! I just checked their website, and they also have options for under-cabinet lighting. Our electrician is coming tomorrow to go over kitchen remodel designs, and I'm excited to be able to show him exactly what I want. Yes, please, put my name in the hat for the sewing light kit. I follow you from my Blogger dashboard.

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  24. Thank you so much for your generosity and help with sewing problems! I follow cia this blog, email, and Facebook. I love the idea of this - definitely need one. hmm, maybe I should look into LED light strings for under cabinet lighting in the kitchen. My cabinet lights have just stated to fail.

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  25. hi Rhonda,
    I follow you on bloglovin', and have found your posts most informative and inspiring! I could never understand it when a friend who is 14 years older than me complained about my lighting when she came to do a project on my sewing machine. Well 15 years later, I now know what she was talking about!

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  26. What a cool light system! I follow along with email. thanks for another opportunity to win a light set.

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  27. I follow by email as well :) Please include me in the drawing :)

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  28. I follow via email, and I *need* this light! It looks like just the thing for my aging eyes!

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  29. I follow the blog via email. Really look forward to your posts. Would love to win the lighting.

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  30. More light is always better, except when you confuse "daylight-type lighting" for daylight at 2AM. Ask me how I know! I follow by email.

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  31. Cool! I follow via both Bloglovin & email to make sure I never miss a post :)

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  32. I follow you via email: clrmtroche@gmail.com and would love to receive one of the lights. Thank you so much for hosting this give away.
    Marie

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  33. oh yeah! I could always use more light!
    I'm a regular blog reader, and I get it as e-mail.
    I'm in California.
    My wish is that your life gets easier as we hit the end of summer.

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  34. More light would be great! I follow by email. Thank you!

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  35. I get your email and go to your blog though Google it says. I really thought I followed you though Bloglovin but don't know how to verify! Anyway love your posts.

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  36. Rhonda, thx for this opportunity! I follow you via Bloglovin altho I don't get you as often as I would like. With these 65+-year-old eyes, I need all the light I can get!

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  37. Light up my world Rhonda! Always looking for better ways to get light at my machines. I follow by email

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  38. I follow through bloglovin' and getting more light where I sew would be fantastic!.

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  39. I follow you by email, so I don't miss a post. Those lights are great !

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  40. What a clever invention! My aging eyes could really use the help, thank you for such generosity! I follow by email.

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  41. I follow via email & Bloglovin. And I think shedding light on our projects is always a good thing! :)

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  42. This is my second entry for these lights; hope I win!. I follow your blog by email. Thanks, Lamar Mendiola

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  43. I follow via bloglovin. I would love more light in my sewing life :)

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  44. I follow via e-mail and would love to win the lights. Enjoy your posts. Sue M

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  45. I follow via email, and look forward to each post! I also think this lighting kit looks like just the ticket for lighting the work.

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  46. I have looked for better lighting for my machines. This looks great! I follow by email.

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  47. I follow by blog lovin!! Since your last post, every few months I search these lights out and look at the pictures lovingly...though never seem to be able to put aside the money. Thanks for the chance. Hope everyone has a happy week!

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  48. I follow your blog with Feedly. What cool little lights!

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  49. Dear Rhonda, I follow by email and visit your webpage /blog quite often. love all the projects you feature. Thank you for this chance.

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  50. What a great giveaway! I follow via email.

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  51. Sadly as I'm in the UK I can't be part of this but you have inspired me to find new ways to light my new sewing machine. Just replaced the bulb with a simulated daylight bulb but now I'll look at small LED lights around the machine casing too.
    Great blog by the way.

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  52. Hi Rhonda - how cool! I could really use this! I follow via email and Blogger.

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  53. What a good idea! Would love to test the product from Inspired Lighting. I think I follow by e-mail.

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  54. I gave one of these kits to my daughter for Christmas and I think she has yet to try it! Silly girl. I'd love one for myself. Thanks, Rhonda. I follow you on Bloglovin'

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  55. Bloglovin follower who'd love to get my hands on one of those kits

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  56. Feedly is my jam!!! Would love those jazzy little lights.....thanks for your generosity!

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  57. Email and Bloglovin, and I've been yearning after this light for months now!

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  58. What a fabulous idea! Love it and your inspiring blog!

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  59. I follow by email and would love to try this out

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  60. Hi there,
    Good luck to everyone.
    Rhonda I cannot enter as I live in the U.K. However, may I ask, does this company have a presence in the U.K. I am always complaining about the lack of light when I am sewing!! This would be a fantastic problem solver for me I am sure.

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  61. Hi I follow your blog by email and also use Stitches and Seams Blogroll to see who has posted. My old eyes could real use the lights. It would be a great way to start my birthday month. Thank you for the opportunity.
    Marilyn in Oviedo Fl.

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  62. Looks like a great light. Thanks for the chance to win drhodes9@cox.net

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  63. Oops. I follow you by email!!!! Drhodes9@cox.net

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  64. Bloglovin follower, love all light!

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  65. Light me up!
    I follow via this email: emacvicar@shaw.ca

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  66. I follow you on email and would love to win the lihts.

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  67. Very nice, would love to win one. I follow you via email. Thank you!

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  68. I follow on Bloglovin. This looks like a great product!

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  69. I follow via email. I would love to use these lights on my 1954 Singer 301.

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  70. Would love to have lights. I follow via email and Facebook.

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  71. I follow on BlogLovin, and this looks great!

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  72. I follow via email.. woo hooo that would look so nicely on my machine .. Thanks for the chance to win. Then I could retire the lamp I am currently using that gets knocked over when I am sewing !

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  73. I follow you by email. And the HuskyLock I inherited from my sister's MIL would love to be lit up

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  74. I got this lighting kit for my BabyLock on your recommendation and love it.

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  75. I follow via email! This would be awesome to win to give my eyes a break, lol!

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  76. Kindly put my name in your drawing. I follow you on Bloglovin.

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  77. I follow on Bloglovin. Thanks for the oppportunity to win. This light kit looks like a great product.

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  78. I follow your blog on Bloglovin. I would love to try the lighting on my machines.

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  79. I follow your blog by checking every morning on the web. Actually your site is always up on my iPad. I love the inspiration and such. I would love to use the light kit as a giveaway to a youth winner at next year's American Sewing Guild conference in Orlando.

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  80. I follow with email. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  81. follow with email. hanks for the chance to win

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  82. Yeah Rhonda! A chance for us Canadians...Yippee! I often sew in the evenings and this light strip would make my life so much easier (er brighter). I follow you on Bloglovin, and have enjoyed your teaching at the ASE :)

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  83. Hi! I follow you on Bloglovin'. I would love to win a light kit. Thank you for the opportunity.

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  84. I follow you via Bloglovin'. I'd love the light strip. :-)

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  85. I definitely want one of these. I follow you via email. Love all parts of your blog.

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  86. What a great giveaway! I follow you via bloglovin

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  87. I was intrigued last time, but couldn't enter as I live in Canada -- yea, I can enter this time! I follow you by Bloglovin. Lyn

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  88. Yes please! I definitely want one of these! I follow you on Bloglovin'.

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  89. I would love to win! I am a follower of your Facebook, via email & this blog! Ta-Tashika Cousin

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  90. I would love one of these :) I follow you via FB! Good luck to everyone! :)

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  91. This is such a great idea for lighting up that space! I follow by checking in on the web mostly

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  92. Light me up! I follow on blogspot, Thank you!

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  93. Greetings Rhonda - Here's hoping for more light in Nova Scotia. I follow you via email. Thank you for all the inspiration!

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    1. Hi Kathleen, I try not to reply when there's a give away, but when I saw that this message was coming from Nova Scotia, I just had to say hello. Nice Scotia is on my bucket list of places to visit. I've only seen it in pictures, but what an enchanting and beautiful place :)

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  94. The light sounds very useful so please enter my name in the contest. I enjoy following you on Bloglovin.

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  95. I follow on Feedly and hope I can win. I have been wanting these after seeing them last year.

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  96. Neat product! I sew in a basement room and could always use more light. I follow you on Bloglovin.

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  97. Neat product! I sew in a basement room and could always use more light. I follow you on Bloglovin.

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  98. You know, the older I get...the less light the overheads put out. What a great offer! RCL shows up in my Bloglovin' feed AND on my Blogger feed...just to be sure, ya know... ;-)

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  99. Rhonda, This light strip would be just what I need to sew dark colors this fall and winter. I love your posts and follow on Bloglovin'.

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  100. LOVE the innovative inventions people come up with. Ain't technology grand? Thanks for the opportunity to win; we could all use a little more light in our lives!

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  101. I follow through bloglovin and would love the light system seems like I just can't get enough light

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  102. How cool! Can't ever have too much light. I have your blog bookmarked.

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  103. Thanks for the giveaway, Rhonda! I follow on Flipboard, and was recalling how great I thought those lights were from the first post.

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    1. I wish you lived closer, but for different reasons :)

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  105. With my aging eyes, I need all the light I can get! I follow you on Bloglovin and e-mail just so I don't miss anything.

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  106. Love reading your blog and great ideas, Rhonda. I follow you on Pinterest and have your blog bookmarked. These lights would really help in my basement sewing room - thanks for the offer!

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  107. I follow on Feedly. My machine light is so wimpy I'd really love to give this system a try. Thank you for the chance.

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  108. I follow through email. This would be a wonderful solution to my lighting issues. We live in an RV, which we love, but lighting is for sure a problem not easily solved due to the confines of space etc. This lighting kit would be perfect. Love your blog. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.

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  109. I follow via Feedly - I very much enjoy your blog.

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  110. I follow on bloglovin. Lights would be very helpful.

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  111. Love your blog! So many creative ideas I would have never thought of on my
    own. Thank you! I actually found you on Pinterest but will definitly be
    following you on Bloglovin from this day forward.

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  112. I follow through Google. Love your blog. I just started sewing again and I have been disapointed so many of my old friends no longer blog. I miss them and I have been finding new friends who love to sew. You were one of the first blogs I found to replace my old list.

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  113. Wow, what a great idea. I can always use more lighting as my eyes get older and older (but not me!) I follow on Bloglovin.

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  114. Such an awesome light idea! I follow on feedly!

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  115. WHO knew we needed more light on these machines!?? What a difference! I'd love to win!!!!!! your blog is auto delivered via emails to me.

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  116. I follow on Feedly. My aging eyes can always use more light!

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  117. I would love to win! I follow via email. Thank you

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  118. I follow your blog on email. What a great looking light!

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  119. I follow on bloglovin. We have similar LED lights for below our cupboards which are wonderful! My aging eyes would love this lighting in my basement sewing room.

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  120. I follow by email. Never would have thunk about a light strip on a machine!.

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  121. I follow on Blogger. I sew in a cave and def need more light on my machine.

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  122. I follow via email. And there is never too much light in my sewing studio!! Thanks for the change to participate in the drawing.

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  123. I follow via bloglovin. Thanks for doing another great giveaway.

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  124. Thanks for the reminder post today! I follow on Feedly and it's exciting to think that I might have a chance at winning! Better chance than the lotto too.

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  125. I follow you on Bloglovin. The LED strip looks terrific. I do have a new machine with an LED and it is so much brighter. But the LED strip would be terrific on my old machine at the camp.

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  126. This is awesome! My machine always seems so dark. I follow you on Bloglovin :)

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  127. I love extra lighting! Follow on Bloglovin'

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  128. the lighting is great! i follow via email. Your blog is filled with so much! thanks

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  129. I follow on bloglovin. Love your blog!

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  130. I follow on feedly! Thanks for the chance.

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  131. Hello there! I follow you on bloglovin. This post came at a great time: I was just lamenting about lighting. The bulb on the machine is good for threading the needle, but doesn't put enough light on the project and the machine itself casts a shadow from the overhead light. Great to know this product exists and glad you are able to offer the chances to win one.

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  132. Oh, this sounds so helpful!! I follow you with bloglovin, always happy to see a new post.

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  133. I follow you on bloglovin' I really need more light!!

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  134. I follow you on bloglovin, and the light strip is a wonderful idea, especially since I just had cataract surgery and really would benefit from more light.I enjoy your articles.

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  135. I admit, I don't use a blog aggregator, and I rarely check my email. I depend on your facebook posts to let me know when you have a new blog post up. Sewing black on black, the extra lighting comes in handy.

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  136. Would make a GREAT addition to my sewing machine ... FIESTA ;)

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  137. Amazing light. We all need more if it !

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