Electronic Embroidery

Electronic Embroidery
Stitch LEDs onto your needlepoint to add visual interest and enhance the scene. I'll show you how to add light-up fireflies to this frog embroidery. I use conductive thread to connect the battery, switch, and LEDs.

If you're having trouble finding some of the components for this project, you can purchase them as a kit from my store (six colors available).

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Step 1Materials and Tools

Materials and Tools
Materials:
pattern
carbon paper
wooden embroidery hoop
fabric
two LEDs
switch or snap
coincell battery
sewable battery holder
conductive thread
embroidery floss
regular thread

Tools:
pen/pencil
scissors
needlenose pliers
embroidery needle

If you want to get the high quality frog template design, you may download it for free here:
http://sternlab.org/ElectronicEmbroidery/ElectronicEmbroideryPattern.pdf

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4 comments
Mar 10, 2009. 10:32 AMNachoMahma says:
. I agree with uguy - excellent.
Mar 10, 2009. 8:20 AMuguy says:
You go girl! Extremely well done ible. Love the design.
Mar 9, 2009. 1:45 PMPKTraceur says:
Nice! You got featured! What is conductive thread, anyways? Do you know where I can get cheap/bulk? -PKT

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