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Step 5Sewing
Before sewing the conductive connections we need to sew the perfboard into place with some non-conductive stitches and placing the circuit board underneath the neoprene strip.
There is not much space for the conductive stitches, so plan carefully (follow the illustration) and make double double sure that you dont cross any of the conductive threads inside the neoprene. Bad connections like this are a real pain to figure out and a lot of work to undo.
Sew from the hole marked red in the illustration to the center of the floral pattern and thread it through some beads before attaching a metal bead or small pendant on the end.
Sew from each of the other 6 holes of the perfboard into the neoprene and to the individual conductive petals. Stitch the thread to the petals with a few stitches and then cut the conductive thread without making a knot.
The ends of the knots at the perfboard fray like crazy, and a simple way to take care of this is to just cover them with some stretchy fabric glue, this isolates them against each other.
There is not much space for the conductive stitches, so plan carefully (follow the illustration) and make double double sure that you dont cross any of the conductive threads inside the neoprene. Bad connections like this are a real pain to figure out and a lot of work to undo.
Sew from the hole marked red in the illustration to the center of the floral pattern and thread it through some beads before attaching a metal bead or small pendant on the end.
Sew from each of the other 6 holes of the perfboard into the neoprene and to the individual conductive petals. Stitch the thread to the petals with a few stitches and then cut the conductive thread without making a knot.
The ends of the knots at the perfboard fray like crazy, and a simple way to take care of this is to just cover them with some stretchy fabric glue, this isolates them against each other.
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