I use a lot of expensive thread. I waste even more. In this picture there are five kinds of conductive thread. You can identify the stainless steel thread because of the whiskers. Those pesky short circuit makers! I keep a scrap box of tangles, tails and tatters. When sewing small repairs and adding hardware to and electrical trace I use […]

  Are you ready for this year’s Valentine’s Day project? I bet you’ve been waiting all year for this PUNCHY interactive Instructable! Beware tho – eTextile Love Hurts! Unlike last years STABBY Valentine this time – you will have to sew with poky pricky needles. Will you make a badge for your coat or a pillow for your love? Maybe […]

After sewing a piece of hardware into your textiles take your needle and thread and back stitch along the electrical trace to bury your thread tail. THEN clip the excess thread. This helps prevent short circuits because you don’t have loose threads near your hardware connections. Bonus – you don’t need unsightly messy fabric glue. ewwwwwwwww!

Today I began sewing Hello Kitty’s electronic circuits! Positive and Negative traces. Sewing the LED’s into the circuit. SPOILER ALERT: 2013’s How To DIY eTextile Valentine’s Day Project can be found on this page.

    The best conductive thread that I have used is no longer manufactured. Which means I am conserving my supply and purchasing a 1 pound cone of with a resistance of 15 ohms/foot. The diameter of this thread is larger so I use a size 24 chennile needle. It also has a bity tooth to the thread surface so […]

Supplies: battery holder, 3V CR2032 battery, conductive thread, LED Test and Sew. Sew and Test. GLOW!

Chains of Conductivity Twisted Warp two hours later Finally!

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 […]

  My conductive thread supply is diminishing at the speed of light. Night and day I am weaving conductive fabric, sewing circuits or prototyping the next design. The thread supply is running out!     The conductive thread on this pink spool is no longer manufactured. As you can see – this is going to be a serious problem  

    Conductive thread. The staple of eTextiles. When creating eTextiles, craft Tech and wearable computing projects purchase conductive thread with 15 ohms/foot resistance or less.   My How to Select Conductive Thread video shares the details about selecting conductive thread for your eTextile projects.