Thanks to Heather Massey for sending in her great LED jacket project! Very cute! She writes:
I was very excited to receive my Adafruit order(^_^) I bought the EL wire and made a tron hoodie for my nephew and used the LiTec LED ribbon for my neice’s gift.
A video of the finished project is my first ever you tube vid.
Thank you for stocking such fun items! and for all the wonderful how tos.
Featured Adafruit Product!
Litex White LEDs on Black Fabric Ribbon Pack – 1.5 meter 30 LEDs: This soft fabric ribbon has tiny surface mount LEDs bonded onto two thin conductive threads that go along the length. A tiny battery pack controller snaps onto the end. The result is an ultra-flexible and elegant-looking way to add LEDs to a wearable project. Read more.
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!
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Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!