Two more great options for a sewable battery holder!! Both are SMD that already have holes in the terminal ends. Perfect for your needle and conductive thread! Digi Key 1082KCT-ND 2 cell 20mm Battery Holder Keystone Electronics         DigiKey 1061K-ND 1 cell 20mm Battery Holder Keystone Electronics Pro Tip – It is difficult to get the battery […]

  It all began with a scrap of silk.   and then a screw driver as I plucked out the warp threads while wondering what to make of things.   I finally got up to locate my favorite fringe pick   and before I knew it there were layers and layers and layers of fringe!   Perfect for nestling some […]

I biked to the Post Office to mail necessary business letters and I found a treat in my mail box! Yep, my mommy loves me. She sent me all my favorite colours!

I began digging thru the supplies searching for a set of helping hands and…. I found a Fluke 75 with additional probes too. SEXY TOOL JACKPOT WIN!

Chains of Conductivity Twisted Warp two hours later Finally!

At 11 PM last night I realized I didn’t have enough of the orange tencel to complete the last 3 inches of this warp. So I went to bed. in the morning’s light I’ve selected a few options from my stash. Desperation is the motivator for much of my innovations. a selection of possibilities getting closer neon orange twine, peachy […]

The warp threads are the long threads that feed thru the heddles of the loom.  They are the 1 and 0’s of the fabric computer and create the pattern in the fabric. the vertical purple cotton threads is the warp. This is a plain weave one shaft up (1) and one shaft down (0). The next row will reverse with […]

My favorite thread snips are from Golden Eagle and about $14/dozen on eBay. I keep a pair at every machine, loom and threading station. BONUS – the blade is less than 3″ long so you can take them on the plane! I just ordered more from eBay and ….. the handles are colors!

A year ago, way back in March 2012, I was testing a circuit using Arduino to program aan ATtiny45 for a dress inspired by Star Trek. Y’all remember the 3rd season “Is There in Truth no Beauty?” episode yes? I had the circuit working and wrote the program down someplace safe because I would need to replicate it for sample […]

Way back in April 2012 I was writing an article on how to weave LEDs into a conductive thread warp. I was frustrated that I couldn’t share the progress on the interwebz. In my tech world I support open source and creative commons. Yet, with media and competitions I have to respect first rights of publication. Its a difficult balancing […]