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 […]

  Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are the new glitter.  

Artistic Ribbon will be unveiling their new LED Ribbon at the Winter 2013 Craft and Hobby Show (booth 724) in Anaheim, California. This is a washable craft ribbon with wired surface mount LEDs covered with protective silicon.  Artistic offers 12 color choices of 20″ lengths ribbon combined with 10 evenly spaced light emitting diodes for $6.45.  There are six different LED […]

  Plain weave of fantasy fabrics, beads and LEDs. 20 inches done 50 more to go!  

    Handwoven double plainweave with fantasy yearns, LEDs and beads. This electrically conductive fabric will be used to craft a couture dress that will be shown at Tasmeem Doha Qatar March 2013.  

  Quadrate LEDs and little tiny weeny crimping beads.

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 supplies   Cut the gingerbread according to the paper pattern   Include the conductive thread and LEDs   Test the LEDs with a 3V coin cell […]

  Dazzle your dinner guests with twinkling lights in this easy-to-weave e-textile runner. This is a video tutorial for working with the electronic components of the weaving. For complete directions, including the weaving draft, please see the November/December 2012 issue of Handwoven for Lynne Bruning’s original article and the weaving instructions. Handwoven Magazine November/December 2012 download PDF from Handwoven For more […]

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