Make: Volume 84

LEDs and left those spots blank instead of the

usual French knot. Pierce the LED legs through

the fabric in those spots, and splay them out at

the back. Find the longer, positive leg of each

LED, then use pliers to twist each of these into

a loop, so they’re easy to tell apart from the

negative legs.

Next, stitch on the battery holder using

conductive thread, somewhere toward the middle

of the design. I attached it to the backs of the

stitches where possible, and just caught a few

fibers of the fabric everywhere else (Figure

G

),

so you won’t be able to see very much conductive

thread on the front.

Attach all the positive LED legs to the positive ...