Coachella Outfit (Self Lacing Corset and Light Up Belt)

With Coachella happening recently, I wanted to create a festival outfit that someone could wear to the concerts. I made a self-lacing corset top and a matching light up belt to go over a skirt that I made as well. I used capacitive touch to make the corset tighten and loosen, as well as touch to light up the belt. I also made a pattern for the skirt and the shirt. Enjoy!

• Raspberry Pi Pico W (with headers and a breadboard)
• STEMMA QT / Qwiic JST SH 4-pin to Premium Male Headers Cable
• Adafruit MPR121 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Gator Breakout
• Aligator clips
• 1/4in Baltic Birch
• Double-sided tape
• Hot glue
• Laser cutter
• Copper tape
• Conductive thread
• LED light strand
• Zip ties
• Ribbon
• Grommets and kit
• Elastic
• Laptop
• Adobe
• Circuit python 

Use a pattern or make a pattern (I modified the pattern from the youtube video above) to cut out fabric

Tips:

• Make sure the pattern is on the fold
• Cut out using some seam allowance

Use the youtube video attached above to sew the top together

Tips:

• I used zip ties as the boning and it worked really well!

Use grommet kit and grommets to add grommets to the back of the corset top

• I added 4 to each side of the top

Just lace it up like a shoelace!

Measure an elastic waist belt to your waist size and sew fabric to it

Tips:

• I measured the material so it went just past my knees
• I hemmed the ends and sewed a slit down one of the sides

Use a strip of fabric to make a tube then add grommets to the tube

Tips:

• Place grommets equidistance from each other

Glue each of the lights to the grommets

Wire servos to GP14 and GP15 and wire LED to GP16 (on the Raspberry Pi)

Tips:

• Pico wiring for I2C is power to 3.3v, Blue to GP4 (SDA), Yellow to GP5 (SCL)

Here's a copy of my code

I used a body form as an example of how someone would attach the parts to a person

Here's a video of my final project! I hope you enjoy!