The Civil Rights Quilt will take an “old-school” approach to the notion of interactivity and will incorporate my favorite technology of all–writing. The idea is that users will be able to write the names of those who they think has contributed/is contributing to the notion of civil rights and human rights in general. In order […]
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Here is a list of the materials used for the completion of my Civil Rights quilt and where I purchased them.
assorted calico fabrics; Joann (www.joann.com) and Hancock (www.hancockfabrics.com) Fabric stores
muslin (great for prototyping anything; I used it for my circuitry layer as well as the layer which I used when stitching the caduceus); Joann (www.joann.com) […]
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I have almost finished the top layer of my Natural Sciences quilt. This picture shows the fabric leaves already attached:
Here are the fabric peanuts that will be attached in the bottom section:
As you can see from the top pic, there is a small hole in the middle brown section. This was created for the […]
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It works! You can see the green and red leds light up below. Now all I have to do to this quilt is QUILT!(green light working) (red light working)
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Wearable technology is so difficult because you never know when you will have to do something over… and over… and over. This happened recently. I thought that my medicine panel was all ready to go, but I discovered that when I hooked up my Lilypad, my fabric switches did not work. I […]
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The Natural Sciences Quilt of the “Inventionism” series will highlight contributors to the fields of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Here is a picture of the design: NatSciDesign
The names will be on fabric leaves and fabric peanuts (center peanut plant), with the peanut plant being a reference to one of the most famous contributors […]
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Here is a list of the materials used for the completion of my Natural Sciences quilt and where I purchased them.
peanut shells (donated by the peerless Audrick Lewis)
names embroidered on fabric donated by the marvelous Norma Lewis (for the fabric peanuts)
assorted calico fabrics; Joann (www.joann.com) and Hancock (www.hancockfabrics.com) Fabric stores
muslin (great for prototyping anything; I […]
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In thinking about how my project could inform audiences about African American inventions, I thought about the different ways in which I could address such an engaging topic. I knew that I wanted “Inventionism” to be interactive, but I wanted to explore interactivity through a traditional medium. My mom comes from a long line of […]
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The medicine quilt will gets its interactivity from two sources:
The user will be able to press a fabric disk and a fabric heart will “beat” with light. Depending on how hard the user presses the sensor, the heart will beat faster and faster. This interactivity is accomplished through a force sensor connected to a Lilypad […]
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Here is a list of the materials used for the completion of my Medicine quilt and where I purchased them.
grosgrain ribbon, extra batting and muslin-donated by the marvelous Norma Lewis
assorted calico fabrics; Joann (www.joann.com) and Hancock (www.hancockfabrics.com) Fabric stores
muslin (great for prototyping anything; I used it for my circuitry layer as well as the layer which I […]
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