Sew a circuit you can wear! This shirt is based off of a project in Diana Eng's book Fashion Geek. 1. Materials tshirt - warning: stretchy shirts can be tricky to sew Circuit Stickers color LED stickers conductive thread CR2032 coin cell battery LilyPad coin cell switched battery holder needle embroidery hoop scrap fabric (not pictured) 2. Draw your design and trace it onto your shirt with pencil. Sketch out the position of your stickers and battery. 3. Use an embroidery hoop to hold your fabric taut as you sew the letters. 4. Sew all the letters. I sewed the "tr" to the positive end of the battery holder and "nics" to the negative end. 5. Place stickers. Note that the tips of the LED stickers are negative. 6. You will need to connect the LED positive ends to the positive end of the battery. Connect the LED negative ends to each other and the negative end of the battery. To do this without crossing stitches or adding stitches to your design, insert a folded scrap piece of fabric.
6. Insert a folded scrap piece of fabric. One layer will connect positive and the other layer will connect negative. Be careful that the threads from the different layers do not touch! If they do, the circuit may not work. 7. Test your circuit! Here are some troubleshooting questions.
8. Model your new awesome shirt!
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