Figure 1. Political Rally
May 092014
Oct 202013
Figure 1. SMU was decorated and ready
Early on a Saturday morning, 11 Fashioning Circuits volunteers, ranging from 11 to 50-something years old, trekked down to Southern Methodist University for the Fall installment of the Design Your World conference, for 4th and 5th grade girls. Our volunteers included current and former students, parents, daughters, and friends from neighboring universities. Continue reading »
Jul 022013
In a few weeks, the Fashioning Circuits crew is going to lead a workshop on Open Source Fashion at the Girl Scouts College Journey — Teaming for Tomorrow summer camp at UT Dallas. In addition to introducing students to open source and the Lilypad arduino, we will be leading 25 high school students in a take-home project. Each student will get to make and take home a twinkling wrist cuff with four colored LEDs, made from the LilyTwinkle and Lilypad LEDs. Kim Knight just finished making the prototype and will be training the trainers soon. We only have four hours total for the workshop so we’ll cut out all of the fabric and sew the first few seams in advance, but the tutorial below covers the entire process from start to finish. Continue reading »
May 142013
Because I’m interested in the nature of online commentary, I came up with a project idea that might seem a bit absurd. After constructing this hat at the beginning of the semester and noticing that it was less-than aesthetically pleasing due to bad stitching and a loud, obnoxious print, I wondered how I could use that to my advantage. Continue reading »
May 082013
Figure 1. Presenting our projects at Capstone; photo taken by Mona Kasra
May 122012
Several of the women associated with the Fashioning Circuits blog recently took their skills to the Design Your World Conference to teach young girls aged 10-12 how science can be fun. Specifically, with the coordination and leadership of Amy Pickup, we conducted a workshop about the LilyPad Arduino. Continue reading »
May 042012
For my wearable media object, I chose to create an LEDs-only circuit using the LilyPad Arduino Board. After attending Ettiquette Creative’s LilyPad Arduino Workshop, I had the resources and references to begin my project. I installed the Arduino software, checked the drivers, and referred to a tutorial provided on the SparkFun Electronics site to design my wearable media object. Continue reading »
Nov 282011
After an exciting trip to the Golden Do’r in Dallas, our editors met up with a collection of materials in hand and had the first Fashioning Technology Workshop. The day was spent sewing and soldering but more to come as the projects develop - including:
- Purses that light up upon receiving a cell phone call
- LED text display wrist band
- WiFi detecting wristband
-
- Figure 1. The cat
-
- Figure 2. Pattern
-
- Figure 3. Sewing
-
- Figure 4. Soldering
Oct 222011
Figure 1. Screenshot of SparkFun Home Page
There are so many interesting things on this website that I admit I start browsing and quickly feel overwhelmed. For the purposes of Fashioning Circuits, I find the “E-textiles” section very interesting. Continue reading »
Sep 102011
http://www.coolneon.com/
Lots and lots of neon wire and LED options for adding some glow to your projects. Their service is fast and friendly, but my absolute favorite thing is that before they ship, they check your order to make sure that your pieces are compatible and you have everything you need to make stuff glow.