Sewable LED Sequins
Make tiny sewable lights from SMT LEDs and silver beads.
In addition to the following supplies, you’ll need some tiny silver beads from your local craft or jewelry supply store:
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Flying Diamonds
Flying Diamonds
Cotton and conductive threads and electronics components including a LilyPad Arduino on vinyl
2010
LED Frog & Fireflies Embroidery
This picture of a frog catching fireflies is embellished with lights that bring the bugs to life. Conductive thread is the magic ingredient, bridging the gap between rigid metal and soft floss. To make a stitched scene light up, combine traditional embroidery techniques with a few common electronics components. The possibilities are endless, and the result is an artful conversation piece. This was written as a tutorial for my LED Sewing Kit, where you can include LEDs into an embroidered picture or into a garment of your choice.
Materials and Tools
- Downloadable pattern
- carbon paper
- wooden embroidery hoop
- fabric
- pen/pencil
- scissors
- needlenose pliers
- LED sewing kit
- embroidery floss
- regular sewing thread (any color)
LilyPad Embroidery
LilyPad Embroidery: A Tribute to Leah Buechley
Floss, electronics, conductive thread, custom software
I’ve been working with Leah Buechley’s LilyPad Arduino, and in true embroidery sampler fashion, have composed this circuit to see what I could do. The embroidery uses traditional floss and techniques mixed with lights and sounds generated by the onboard software. The amount of light sensed by the sensor changes the speed and pitch of the lights and sounds generated. Move your shadow or hand over it to experience the changes.
Chatter Pillow
Chatter Pillow
Materials/Languages: Fabric, batting, yarn, PHP, electronic components including Arduino board, wireless chipset, and LEDs
Chatter uses the Plushie Message Framework (chatlog-parsing scripts) and Arduino to wirelessly send selected instant messages from your computer to a message pillow. Often times I leave my message client open just to get that “emotional check-in” or other brief snippet from a loved one, but I don’t want messages from anyone else. With the Chatter Pillow, I just alter a few parameters in the script to filter all but three messages: “xo,” “on my way,” and “talk to me.” That way I can be on the couch or ready for bed and still get the message. The pillow lights up the appropriate symbol.
