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Figure 4-5. Leave a long tail when starting out
Pierce your needle through the fabric again, this time from the
front to the back, a short distance away from where the thread
emerged. Repeat the entire process, alternating bringing the
thread from the back to front and front to back in a straight line
while trying to maintain an even distance between each stitch
( Figure 4-6 ). That's the running stitch! It looks like a dashed line
on both sides of the fabric, and is the most straightforward way
to connect components with conductive thread. If you don't like
the way the thread looks on the “right” side of your fabric, you
can make the stitches that appear on the front shorter than
those that appear on the back.
When using a running stitch with conductive thread,
keep stitches about one-quarter inch long or
smaller. Longer stitches can bulge away from the
fabric when it moves, potentially causing short cir-
cuits or snagging on buttons, zippers, etc. If you're
in a hurry, just use wire and don't bother to sew. If
you make big, lazy stitches, you'll most certainly pay
for it later, in the debugging stage!
 
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