I secured the yellow beaded speaker to a piece of white silk organza with Heat Bond. This is an iron adhesive that you can purchase at your local fabric store.      

  In order to use Syscom Metal Clad threads on my home sewing machine I had to wind them onto some empty spools.     Super sexy copper, silver, and nickel conductive thread!    

  Using a double ended beading needle feed conductive thread thru yellow metallic seed beads to create an eTextile speaker coil which works with an MP3 player.     Coil the beaded thread to create a speaker.     Hack a circuit from a mini travel speaker, remove the speaker, and connect the eTextile speaker with alligator clips.     […]

  I liberated a sound circuit from a mini travel speaker and connected it a conductive thread speaker coil.     Detail of eTextile speaker and magnet.    

  Crochet yarn around 18 gauge aluminum wire, wind it into a coil, and using the same yarn stitch the coil together.      

  I found these hand-painted silk discs – perfect for making groovalicious speakers!     Stay tuned…..  

  I purchased a mini travel speaker from Amazon for $7, exposed its guts, and hacked in an eTextile speaker.     Circuit Board         With original speaker connected with alligator clips.     eTextile speaker on 11 count Aida cloth.    

  Nine conductive thread speaker coil sampler pressed and ready to frame.    

  Repurposing guitar wire to fabricate a speaker coil.    

  Sewing eTextile speaker coils on 11 count Aida cloth.