It’s a Cooking Mama Apron! Or rather an apron, adorned with a hand cut felt appliqué of none other than Cooking Mama of Nintendo fame. It’s a little bit of a joke with my friend Heidi, who was the recipient, but I am really excited with how it turned out.
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To start with, if you’re not framilar with the game I’ll give you a quick overview. Basically your goal is to make different dishes like sticky rice and sweet fired egg following along step-by-step as instructed by Mama. Each step along the way you either succeed and earn her praise or fail and have to bear Mama’s wrath. Here is a still from the DS game, specifically a still of Mama, when she is less then happy with your work.
When Heidi last came to visit I let her borrow the game. We joked about her fireball eyes and repeated the line “Don’t worry, Mama will fix it.” So late one night over IM I was brainstorming with my friend Lindsey, trying to come up with something to make to cheer Heidi up. There were a lot of good ideas but when we finally got to the idea of a “Cooking Mama Apron” we both knew that was the hands down winner. (Thanks again Lindsey!) -
So I got to work making patterns from the screen cap of the game.
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Then I traced all the patterns onto paper-backed, double-sided fusible webbing.
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When I was done tracing...
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I ironed the fusible webbing onto the felt and got to cutting.
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I started the cutting with an x-acto knife but found I made better progress with my super-sharp gingher scissors. Each piece was hand cut and adhered in layers with the iron-on adhesive backing. Below you can see some of the cut pieces before they were fused, and after.
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I love how the layers of felt create some dimension, almost like a sort of a low relief sculpture…
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It was also important to me the apron was just right. The pink gingham fabric and the lace were essential for the kitsch factor. I found a great little tutorial and pattern for the apron on craftster. I also thought it would be a nice idea to turn the little “score” box into a little pocket, which I trimed in blue lace to match the game.
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So this is the completed project. I’m really excited with how it turned out. It’s one of the more complicated projects I’ve done in a while, and it made me feel all accomplished when I was done.
The gift was a hit and I hope you like it. :)
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Sugarlishes
28 Apr 15:53
wow i love it!
Roma
28 Apr 16:07
As I said over on craftster, best thing ever!
Katherine B.
28 Apr 16:21
I love what you did with the felt, super cute!
Tami
28 Apr 17:23
I love itt! I have that game and I'm so tempted to make one of my own. Ahhh I love the layered felt. It's so cute. <3
KT
28 Apr 17:30
I like the layered felt, it's cute!
Jenn
28 Apr 22:37
LOL I love this game! Very creative idea! ^_^!
Mutantcarrot
28 Apr 23:03
That's awesome. I love cooking mama! I can do the voice :D (Bettuh than maama!)
Danyell W.
28 Apr 23:06
This is so rad. My felt is inferior.
Jasmin N.
29 Apr 01:01
wow, you could sell that! (providing that DS peoples allowed you.)
Janet
29 Apr 01:04
I love Cooking Mama
I'm going to make one that says Wonderful better than Mama
katie
29 Apr 07:55
you have know idea how much I love this.
Tanya
29 Apr 08:14
this is adorable, how did you know i wanted to make an apron?! i love the quote too. xD
Shivi
29 Apr 09:54
cool, looks fiddly but so worth it in the end, thanks for the tute
Cuddles
29 Apr 15:07
its great! =)
JuliaFuentes
01 May 19:46
love itt
thanks for share it
lazylinepainterbelle
02 May 15:57
OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Shannon A.
02 May 20:04
oooohhhh-hooo MAN! you're so amazing for making this!
cherry rabbit mama
03 May 16:14
o-m-friggin-g i love you for this cooking mama is my favorite game!!!
plastic crocodile
04 May 14:13
Loved this when I saw it on Craft Magazine online and on Craftster.
Great idea!!!!
Anna
18 May 03:45
XD
Cassie L.
03 Jul 09:40
THIS IS AMAZING.
Pumpkinniki
05 Aug 14:35
This is so fantabulous!!! I have that game. I HAVE TO MAKE ONE!!!
Lucy Dang
11 Dec 03:39
wow this is soo great! you did an AWESOME job!
Andy
02 Jan 03:26
i got a wii game of cooking mama and i luved it soooo much that my sister is going to make this for my b-day
Abigaïl
24 Mar 21:54
i just played the game and laughed about it too. this was a very good idea of yours! you must be good at graphic design ;) love your great work!
Jaki-O
18 May 00:56
Unreal!! You have a true talent! Great work!
Nessi H.
28 May 12:45
This is wickedly good....^_^
Kitty West
13 Jun 07:09
The layered felt looks awesome, so cute :)
Danielle E.
27 Jun 01:46
I love it. I love the game and I can't beleive the crazy amount of attention to detail. BAD ASS!
Caroline D.
05 Jul 02:39
ha, this is so coool! :P
great idea (:
Heather C.
08 Sep 01:05
this is crazy good- i simply adore it and want one for myself!
MetallICK
08 Nov 20:03
Why hasnt this been featured?? this is amazing!!!! I think im going to make this for my culinary class :D
thank you and thanks lindsey