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Step 6Attach switches
With one long end of conductive thread you left in the last step, thread a needle. Abut the end of the strip to the side of one of your switches. Take a couple stitches through the top of the switch in the direction of one of the tabs and sew the thread securely to the tab.
Trim the conductive thread close (we don't want any of it floating around loose causing short circuits) and hot glue it to keep it from ravelling.
Sew the other thread at the same end of the strip to the other tab, and sew the other strip and switch similarly. Test with an ohmmeter if you have one, to be sure that the thread at the other end of the strip is conducting through to the tab it's sewn to. If it doesn't, check if the thread is frayed or broken somewhere along the strip.
Trim the conductive thread close (we don't want any of it floating around loose causing short circuits) and hot glue it to keep it from ravelling.
Sew the other thread at the same end of the strip to the other tab, and sew the other strip and switch similarly. Test with an ohmmeter if you have one, to be sure that the thread at the other end of the strip is conducting through to the tab it's sewn to. If it doesn't, check if the thread is frayed or broken somewhere along the strip.
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