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Felt play food

post #1 of 128
1/16/06 at 8:50pm
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My DS has a homemade felt pizza kit that he loves to play with. It consists of a 6-inch diameter tan felt circle for the crust, a 5-inch red circle for the sauce, 4 1.5 inch circles for pepperoni/sausage, 4 brown mushroom shapes, 3 cloud-shaped green spinach leaves, and about 8 or 10 wavy ivory strips for cheese.

I'd like to make more food kits like this one. I'm thinking of making a taco/burrito kit and a sunny-side up egg, but am looking for other suggestions or patterns. Could someone direct me to a website or book with felt fabric patterns?
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post #2 of 128
1/16/06 at 11:52pm
I made my girls breakfast and cookies. Tacos and pizza are such a great idea!! I was planning on making sandwhich sets. as well as waffles and bagles.
post #3 of 128
1/19/06 at 2:39pm
This got me really intrigued... it sounds very cool! I tried googling to see if I could find any tutorials, the only one I've found so far is for a felt cake...

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=26836.0/
post #4 of 128
1/19/06 at 3:14pm
cute cakes.
post #5 of 128
1/23/06 at 10:53pm
Oh i'd love some ideas on how to do tacos
post #6 of 128
1/25/06 at 3:56am
Check this page out for more ideas:

http://5.pro.tok2.com/~mic/sub/gallery.html

I can't read the words, but I'm tell you everything this woman does is amazing!
post #7 of 128
1/25/06 at 3:04pm
Holy freaking cow!!!! She is an artist. I was impressed with my eggs and bacon. but sushi in little bento boxes. how awsome is that.
post #8 of 128
1/26/06 at 11:51pm
isnt' her stuff fantastic! I JUST freaked when i say her site
post #9 of 128
1/27/06 at 12:02am
Thread Starter 
Whoa, I definitely had something simpler in mind when I started looking for patterns!

To make felt tacos, start with a circular 6 inch "tortilla" in ivory or tan. Add a few amorphous brown blob shapes for meat or beans. Some 1.5 inch long red crescents for tomatoes, green cloud shapes for lettuce or spinach, and yellow-orange strips for cheese. Mmmm, I'm getting hungry.
post #10 of 128
1/31/06 at 1:26am
wow, great ideas here...i've been playing around with this stuff too. i only have 100% wool felt and am looking for some less expensive alternatives -- does anyone have a good online source for craft felt that's still pretty thick/durable?
post #11 of 128
1/31/06 at 2:04am
I use the acrylic felt. It works fine. It would be fun to use wool and dye it nd the whole 9 yards but i can get arylic craft felt for 10/$1.
post #12 of 128
1/31/06 at 1:41pm
If you are going to put a lot of time and effort out on making felt food, you will probably want to use a quality felt - acrylic is nasty! Wool blend felt is a nice compromise.

Weir Doll has a very nice quality 70% wool felt, in a nice array of colors, including plant dyed, and I have seen it sold in some local sewing shops as well, so it is getting a bit easier to find. The other 30% of the wool blend is rayon, and some artisans say this makes it easier to work with than the pure wool variety.

I LOVE working with 100% wool felt, myself. It is as nice to use as the finished toys are to play with. It is just pure pleasure to sew. It is more durable than synthetics, and you can steam it into shape, not so with acrylic. The colors are so much nicer and more natural.
post #13 of 128
1/31/06 at 4:42pm
yeah, you're right. i am addicted to wool felt -- i had a fantasy of something exacty like wool but really cheap, haha. here in new york, i usually get mine from a shop called brooklyn general (i believe they also take online and phone orders) -- they have amazing colours. i did find a nice blend that marcus brothers makes, in great colours, and you can get a different texture by soaking it in hot water for 20 minutes and then machine drying -- it comes out very soft and sort of fluffy.
post #14 of 128
1/31/06 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by E.V. Lowi
If you are going to put a lot of time and effort out on making felt food, you will probably want to use a quality felt - acrylic is nasty!
I think this is an opinion that could be stated more politely. I think acrylic felt has a place when cost and availability is a consideration. Vegans might prefer to use it as well. I personally use both acrylic and wool felt. I would rather see someone make toys for their child with love from acrylic felt than feel compelled to buy crappy plastic food because they can't afford wool felt.
post #15 of 128
1/31/06 at 9:34pm
We have moth issues here so wool is nothing I want lying around. I don't like how it feels, either.
post #16 of 128
1/31/06 at 9:45pm
I am sorry, I have no ideas, but I just had to comment on the felt food in that link! Holy cow! Whoever that lady is -- she's an artist!
post #17 of 128
1/31/06 at 10:19pm
That link IS amazing and inspiring! I've been checking out Japanese craft books on ebay, they are sooo cool.

I think she is needlefelting, not just using prefelted wool. What do you guys think?
post #18 of 128
1/31/06 at 11:35pm
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Originally Posted by Kari_mom
I would rather see someone make toys for their child with love from acrylic felt than feel compelled to buy crappy plastic food because they can't afford wool felt.
Yeah! We're not all aiming for family heirlooms here....
post #19 of 128
2/1/06 at 12:15am
what is needle felting?
post #20 of 128
2/1/06 at 12:59am
Needle felting is a dry technique that uses a barbed needle to tangle the wool fibers together, rather than water/heat/agitation like wet felting or glues like some flat felt techniques. Here is a link to make a ladybug that is a good overview: Mielke Farm. Needle felting is next on my personal list of stuff to try, it looks really cool.
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