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Kempton knows a little bit about sewing and electronics. And this Instructable proves it. The Light for Life cycling jacket is made of hemp and wool and is populated with a bunch of bright LEDs, which also act as turning signals. If you'd like to make one, gather your diy courage and the following materials:

-sewing machine
- sewing needles
- seam ripper
- enough cloth to make a jacket
- tape measure
- pins
- sewing thread in different colours
- 16 semitransparent buttons

electric tools/equipment:
- multimeter
- conductive sewing thread
- Lilypad Arduino
- 2 Lilypad pushbuttons
- Lilypad batterypack
- 6 red 3mm LED
- 6 orange 3mm LED
- 2 white 3mm LED
- puffy fabric paint

For the entire tutorial, follow this link to Instructables.

• biking
• safety
• DIY
• sewing