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Since the fabric I wanted to use was fabric that I bought back at home in New York, the best I could do was make a diagram of what I was planning to do, so that I can describe it in detail. The drawings are  http://bit.ly/1Snrx9k and  http://bit.ly/1WBgUmB. 

The dress has two layers of organza, a blue on the bottom and a white on the top. Due to the way I'm attaching the snaps to the bow to complete the circuit, the LEDs will be attached to the outer layer of fabric, which is what is shown in the drawing. The two snaps connecting to the battery will be on the outside of the fabric and the main circuit will be created by connecting one to the bottom negative side and one to the top positive side of a LED strip. Then, each of the other LED strips will be connected in parallel to the first strip, where the tops will connect to each other and the bottoms will connect with each other. All of the connections will be made with conductive thread and can be sewn in with a machine.

For the wiring on the batteries, I would lay the caps across the two batteries so that, once I solder one of the cap's wires together, the batteries can work together. Then, the loose wires will be intersected with conductive thread (sewn by a machine) to connect with the hand-sewn snaps. The weight of the bow should not be a problem, because there will be support from the underlying petticoat and pins to keep the bow up. The bow will be made from charmeuse satin and will be about a foot wide. 

The materials that I will use, other than fabric, are sewing machines and soldering irons. I could also use a serger for the bottom of the dress. I'll be hand-sewing as well as machine sewing, and the LEDs will be attached by hand (most come with a sticky back, so there should not be a lot of trouble, but if there is, I could use some kind of adhesive). It would be a pretty straightforward process.