Introduction
This simple reindeer ornament lights up any snowy night with its pulsing red nose! Using simple sewing skills to bring Rudolph's nose to life. At the heart of this project is a Crazy Circuits Blink/ Fade Board which allows us to fade the red nose in and out. Remove the Blink/Fade Board to keep the nose lit all the time.
Parts
Featured Document
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Print off the pattern.
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Cut out the various parts from your fabric.
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Lay out your electronics parts and fabric parts.
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It never hurts to use a marker to draw out all your stitches.
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Use regular thread to sew on your electronics. This holds the parts down and makes life easier for everything else.
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Using Conductive Thread, connect the orange colored hole on the Battery Holder to the VCC Hole no the Blink/ Fade Board.
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Using a NEW line of thread, connect the corner white hole on the Battery Holder to the white hole on the Blink/ Fade Board. You'll want to use the white hole next to the VCC.
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Connect one of the white holes from the LED with one of the white holes on the Blink/Fade Board.
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Connect a colored hole on the LED to either Pin 0 or Pin 1 on the Blink/ Fade Board.
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Insert an battery and see if things light up.
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Cut a hole or slit in the second layer of your face for the LED to go through.
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Use hot glue, fabric glue, or sew the second layer of face onto the electronics layer.
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Add on all the other face embellishments. Fabric glue, got glue, or regular thread all work just fine.
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We cut slits into the red fabric for our LED to go through.
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