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Fashion Embroidery & Stitch Show - Julie Boyd
Our friend Julie Boyd, an experienced Design & Technology Consultant, recently exhibited at the Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch Show at the NEC in Birmingham. This was her 3rd Year at the show and was her busiest year to date! Here is a brief overview of what she got up to.

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Kitronik sponsored a number of mini E-textiles Workshops and demonstrations during the day to give a taste of the applications of E-textiles including Kitronik’s own PCB LEDs to make LED fabric torches, cuffs and decorative torches.

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Her stand also featured a 3D printer to display the capabilities of 3D printing in the classroom aimed at D&T Teachers but was very popular with people who had not seen one before in use. It was particularly interesting to see the relevance of 3D printing in an e-textiles context.

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Julie also ran a prize-draw over the four days where the prize was a copy of the “The Design Student’s Handbook” by Jane Bartholomew and Steve Rutherford for the D&T Teachers who attended. A runner-up in Julie’s very own postcard competition; Jessica Lloyd won the overall design competition for schools.

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It is really good seeing entrepreneurs like Julie succeeding and harnessing the power of LED circuits in her designs with the addition of 3D printing being applied in so many applications.

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You can read all about this event in Julie's article on her website and sign up to our newsletter HERE for more updates from Julie and her successes.

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