Sai does an EL fabric demo

Meredith Scheff — Mon, 04/05/2010 - 14:49

One of the reasons I love Noisebridge is that peeps are always bringing in the New And Shiny for us to play with. This week, it was Sai Emrys, who got a sample of EL Fabric. We spent a couple hours checking it out, trying to find that perfect project for it. I'd be interested in our brilliant readers suggestions of how to use it best.

I'm thinking bikini.

Bikini will be great

camella — Thu, 03/10/2011 - 04:54

I am a girl and I like wearing new and shinny clothes. I am more concern about fashion and style. For your project bikini will be great and will be nice combination because wearing them it will be comfortable plus looks very elegant. Bike vest will also be great like Jake mom's says. This is our decision now, the conclusion is up to you. Anything will go well with EL Fabric whatever you choose please give your decision. :D

Spats

Sarge — Mon, 05/24/2010 - 23:25

Rather than making shoes with this, a far more traditional solution would be spats to fit over existing shoes. Stylish, protective, and handy for walking at night.

Le Manns racing cars use an

jpkalishek — Wed, 04/07/2010 - 03:01

Le Manns racing cars use an EL panel for the car number.
I like the vest idea. and the Bikini (~_^) lighted piping on a riding jacket for a motorcycle would be nice too.

How to use EL fabric

Jakes Mom — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 10:36

I am Jake's Mom and I've made several steampunk flavored items of clothing for him. I thought of a bike vest since he is a regular rider, however because his bike is a recumbent his back isn't visible. However one could make a stencil of a gear and he could have a lighted gear on the back of his seat. Another use, with stencils, would be safety lights for grandchildren on Halloween, perhaps a batman sign on the back of a cape, or stars and crescent moons on a wizard's hat. I want to get some of this stuff!

Hi Mom! I like the idea of

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 15:12

Hi Mom!

I like the idea of over printing, what I really want is a waistcoat like the one you made me for xmas that flashes!

Flashing waistcoat

Jakes Mom — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 15:51

Get me some of that stuff and we'll see what we can do! Just like Project Runway. Maybe you should suggest to them that they could do a steampunk challenge and you could be a judge!
Mom

Oh no way! I hate being a

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 16:07

Oh no way! I hate being a judge! ;-)

Perhaps better with EL Wire

ranthoron — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 13:00

The best thing for riding the bike would be the back of his (trademark) hat with some EL figure...

Are you kidding? Mom would

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 15:01

Are you kidding? Mom would kill me if I didn't wear a helmet when I rode!

But who said

ranthoron — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 15:07

But who said, that a bicycle helmet has to look like one of those plastic pieces?

Where to get it

calciphus — Mon, 04/05/2010 - 19:29

So it took a bit to track these guys down, they're not the most forthcoming with contact info.

The company that makes this is CrossLink. Here's their site:
http://www.crosslinkusa.com/solutions_flexible_lighting.htm

I've contacted them for a sample kit. It isn't easy, I had to sign up for an account then pull the contact info out of the white paper in their "premium content" section. Main site hasn't been updated since 2008

If they respond and have rational prices, I'll report back.

Thanks for the research and

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 04/06/2010 - 15:13

Thanks for the research and info!

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