soundie: a musical touch-sensitive light-up hoodie

Step 9 Stitch traces to the conductive fabric

Stitch from the LilyPad main board to the conductive fabric.
You will need to have two separate pieces of conductive fabric connected to the main board (so that before you complete the circuit using your hands, the circuit is broken). One piece of fabric will be connected to the - petal of the LilyPad, while the other piece will be connected to one of the analog outputs of the LilyPad (a0 through a5 - I used a0). You can read more about the analog sensors and code here.

Using our stitching techniques, stitch from the LilyPad main board to the conductive fabric. Be sure to stitch ONTO the conductive fabric - not just next to it (see photo below). You want to make sure that the connection between your stitching and the conductive fabric is strong. It's not necessary to stitch all over the conductive fabric, but you want at least 2 inches of conductive thread to be touching the conductive fabric.

Secure the LilyPad main board.
If you find that your Lilypad is not entirely secured onto your garment, you can use the same stitching method with a non-conductive thread that matches your fabric and stitch loops through the holes of the unused LilyPad petals. I've included a picture below - this should look similar to the stitching of the conductive thread.