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Halloween 2011 – Glowing LED Oni Costume

Post author By Anna Kaziunas France
Post date November 3, 2011
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So its Halloween…. Better plan all week, better plan all month, better plan all year……

Soft circuits LED oni costume in action. Sewn with conductive thread, LEDs slowly fade in and out and are controlled by an Lilypad Arduino and powered by a Lilypad LiPower supply. The dress will run for at least 11 hours continuously. It may run much longer than that, but I haven’t tested it for longer than 11 hours.

The earrings are basically throwies (LEDs taped to a coin cell battery) with earring hooks attached with coat-weight thread. The necklace is four Lillypad LEDs wired with conductive thread in parallel to a coin cell battery.

Tags Arduino, clothing, costume, craft

Arduino / Processing Flexible Circuits Sewing / Fashion / Costume

Soft Circuit Experiment – LED Matrix Capelet: Part I

Post author By Anna Kaziunas France
Post date January 16, 2011
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I recently began a soft circuit experiment in the form of a capelet that is adorned with an LED matrix using Lilypad LEDs. The process documented here shows the process of cutting of the material and lining, pressing out the seams, and marking the LED positions, and beginning to sew on the first matrix (of 4 – 3 x 7 matrices) to test it. I will post more as I continue to prototype and test the project.

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Halloween Sewing / Fashion / Costume

Making Halloween 2010 – Fairy Costume

Post author By Anna Kaziunas France
Post date January 16, 2011
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I finally got around to posting the photos of sewing my 2010 Halloween Costume.

Costume Breakdown

I had made the black dress a few years ago.
This year I made a jacket from some shiny red material (see photos below) with slits in the back to allow the wings to come through.
Then I sewed the rough edges and covered them with ribbon. I picked up the wings and wig from a costume store.
The wires in the wings were exposed (poking through the fabric), so I covered the ends in heavy felt to keep the wires in.
I am wearing Scarecrow fangs that you mold to your individual canines with molding compound, and snap them in. This eliminates the need for a mouthful of plastic and they pop on and off very easily and are very comfortable for a prosthesis.
The pointy ears are a latex and attached with a combination of spirit gum, flesh-colored liquid latex, power makeup and liquid makeup. The ears were also quite comfortable.
In addition, I made the scarf / bow by taking a strip of the jacket fabric, turning the wrong sides together, sewing the edge and then turning the entire thing inside out.

Tags clothing, costume, Halloween