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Starlight eTextile Runner

Posted in How-To
Starlight eTextile Runner

Dazzle your dinner guests with twinkling lights in this easy-to-weave e-textile runner. This is a guide to working with the electronic components of the weaving; see the November/December 2012 issue of Handwoven for Lynne’s original article and the weaving instructions. Handwoven November/December 2012 online download How To Video – will post after 17 October 2012

eBaked Gingerbread House

Posted in Bake, Electronics, How-To
eBaked Gingerbread House

Over the winter holidays I created an unconventional illuminated gingerbread house with conductive thread electrical wiring and blue 5mm LED lights. A super simple, educational and tasty method to illuminate the long winter solistice night. Complete DIY How-To instructions are on my Instructibles page. Make a Paper Prototype and mark the electronic circuits   Gather ...

UV LED Evening Gown

Posted in How-To, Wearable Tech
UV LED Evening Gown

This one of a kind fashion technology gown was created for fictional society lady, Mrs. Mary Atkins-Holl, but is suited for any red carpet event.Handcrafted blacklight reactive 1870’s wearable computing evening gown with detachable eTextile lobster bustle illuminated by 120 UV LEDs.  The matching corset is embellished in the style of Victorian excess with beading, hand ...

LED Sparkle TuTu

Posted in How-To, Wearable Tech
LED Sparkle TuTu

                              Sparkle* TuTu is a handcrafted couture delight of fashioning technology sewn with conductive thread, LEDs and a microprocessor. You are guaranteed to be the life light of the party with the exquisite wearable computing skirt of flounce and flash. This ...

Hippie Punk Love

Posted in Wearable Tech
Hippie Punk Love

Craft tech embroidery on a ready made denim jacket. Traditional hand sewing of love and hearts combines with wearable computing thru Sparkfun’s Lilypad Arduino, conductive thread and LEDs. Combine stainless steel thread as conductive electrical traces with soldering crimping beads to SMD LEDs then add a microprocessor brain to the clothing system and the result ...