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This is the actual finished circuit.

This is the actual finished circuit.

This is the done project - or so I thought. Unfortunately, there were a few problems. First, I connected the battery holder incorrectly. I accidentally shorted it out by have conductive thread go through both holes on the negative side and overlapping with the metal strip between the two holes. This metal strip is connected to the positive side of the battery holder. I had to correct this before being "finished". I undid my stitching and made sure to only sew through the holes and not touch that metal strip. Also, once I corrected this. The first LED was very bright, but the last was very dim. To correct for this. I connected both ends of the negative LED circle to the negative end of the battery holder and both ends of the positive led circle to the conductive fabric not touching the battery. Problem solved. Now the LEDs are much more evenly bright.
This is a close-up of how the LEDs are attached on the front of the fabric.
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