Not sure what to do with that old t-shirt or even that new one to give it that extra level of special, but have a love of making new things?! Then you should definitely dive headfirst into wearable electronics. I attended a sewable electronics workshop lead by the one and only Linino Woman, Tenaya Hurst from Rogue Making at Staten Island Makerspace. MakerSpace had some of their awesomely designed t-shirts on hand as well as some people using their favorites to learn how to light up their shirts with sewable LEDs.
How are they sewable? They have holes provided for the contact to be made with conductive thread. We learned about forward voltage, series vs. parallel circuits, and why some LED colors play better with others. Starting off with connecting our ‘shorties’ or jumper wires to lay out our circuit we soon got to town with sewing our designs. Check out some of the photos below and make sure to follow @TenayaHurst, @circuitsyn, and @simakerspace for more to come!
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