Reflection

What did I learn?

I learned how to work with conductive thread and conductive fabric and how to manipulate them according to my design. 

What would I do differently?

I chose to cut the conductive fabric and first and then ironed the adhesive sheet. I found that since my product is so small, that ironing was rather difficult. If I ironed the adhesive sheet onto the fabric before I cut into the shape I wanted, the problem would be solved.

I messed up on the positive and negative sides of my LED lights multiplies times. I would be more careful and confirm that the right side is being sewed .

I would label where my LED lights are suppose to be before I cut the conductive fabric into two pieces. A difficulty that I ran into was when I was trying to sew on the last LED "eye", I realized the opening that I had was not where I wanted the "eye" to be. Although I solved the problem by adding a piece of nonconductive yarn in between the LED light and the LED light, the product could have looked neater if the planning was done better.

I chose to use the combinition of the conductive fabric and conductive thread to explore different conductive materials and for the metallic look. But I think this project could have been much simpler if I only used conductive thread. That being said, if I do similar projects in the future, I would probably make several designs with different combinitions of conductive materials, and then balance between the difficulty and its aesthetic.