also see: Materials >> Conductive Threads
You can’t solder to most conductive threads, but there are conductive threads that are actually made by spinning very thin flattened wire around a soft, flexible core, and these are great for soldering to.

also see: Materials >> Conductive Fabrics
Of the conductive fabrics I tried soldering to, only the copper FlecTron fabric distributed by LessEMF was very reliable. There was another silver fabric that worked, but I don’t know the source. The Laird conductive fabric tape was also good, so were copper mesh and copper foil tape with conductive [...]

Most plugable connections require some soft of permanent connection that connect to the actual plugable part.

There are a range of different possibilities to connect conductive materials. One of the hardest and at this point very relevant one in textile electronics is the hard/soft connection between conductive textiles and traditional components and circuit boards. Most connections are a combination of permanent and plugable (de- and re- attachable) connections. Here we try [...]

Come in very handy for making your own simple plugable sewable connections. Though hopefully with time these will be replaced with more sewable alternatives, for now they are an okay solution. It is nice to get the break-away option, as this saves time cutting them with the knife and losing the ones in between.

A series of custom made plugs to be sewable or soft.

This tape is nice for isolating contacts, especially when you keep forgetting to thread the wire through the shrink tubing before soldering it.

Aleen’s Flexible Stretchable Fabric Glue is one of our favorite fabrics glues for isolating conductive materials. Other Anti-fray and liquid iron-on products also come in handy.

also know as: snap, snap fastener, press stud
also see: Tools >> popper machines
Metal poppers are great for making electrical connections. They are traditionally a wearable fastener. They are a washable and reliable connection method.
We have found that not all metal poppers are good for solder to. White bronze, brass, PWP nickle free, silver finish…