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8-bit Felt Applique' - Ms PacMan and Ghost

8-bit Felt Applique\
In the beginning, video games had only 16 colors and the graphics were chunky. And we were happy.

Revisit those happier, simpler times with these fun felt applique's of your favorite video game characters. Once you have all of the materials, this is an easy fifteen minute project.

I like to decorate cheap walmart t-shirts with these, but they could just as easily adorn your book bag or any other fabric surface.
 
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Step 1Surround yourself with

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Start by picking out the character that you want to make. I provide two designs here: Ms. Pacman and Ghost.

You need to get felt sheets for all of the colors in the character. One sheet per color is plenty. You'll use a lot of black with these, so you may want to pick up a few extra. (MsPacman uses black, yellow, red/pink, and blue/black)

You also need to get some fusible interfacing. I got the kind with a sticky side. You'll need at least two sheets.

You'll also need some nice sharp scissors. There a lot of corners to cut, so you may want to use very pointy ones.

Finally, you need access to a good iron and pressing mat or ironing board.

Oh! and of course, you should have something to iron the applique to -- like a t-shirt or book bag.
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39 comments
Dec 3, 2011. 6:49 PMyoshi1 says:
Would Kirby be easy to make? I am thinking about making all the different coloured Kirby's.
Aug 6, 2008. 8:32 PMDoctor What says:
Right now I'm working on Bowser (NES Bowser), and Mario. I've bought enough felt to do MS. Pacman, so I might make her a patch! I'll post results when I'm done. Bowser is proving to be quite difficult...
Aug 7, 2008. 7:44 PMDoctor What says:
NES bowser.
Aug 7, 2008. 7:45 PMDoctor What says:
The one on the far left.
Aug 10, 2008. 5:53 PMDoctor What says:
I'm already "almost" done. All I have to do is iron it. If you cut holes for the shell, but cut the pieces slightly bigger than what they are intended to be, you can trim them down little by little to fit.
Aug 10, 2008. 6:00 PMDoctor What says:
I did one at the beginning, but it was too small, the pixels were hard to cut out, and I used a black marker for transferring the pattern. It turned out like crap. But for the second one, I blew it up a tad, used similar (but slightly different) colors for each of the different colors, so they were hidden better. For instance, green felt = dark green marker.
Apr 11, 2008. 1:35 PMbounty1012 says:
would this work to make a mario or yoshi?
Apr 11, 2008. 2:35 PMaltaria1993 says:
why wouldnt it :p
Apr 11, 2008. 6:54 PMbounty1012 says:
mario is smaller pixels but is harder to use because of all of the colors used on him lol OWNED!!!
Aug 6, 2008. 8:33 PMDoctor What says:
He only has three colors...
Aug 7, 2008. 6:11 AMaltaria1993 says:
believe me, mario isnt that hard..
Aug 7, 2008. 7:58 PMDoctor What says:
Yeah, I know, now try bowser, or cutman.
Aug 6, 2008. 11:24 PMbounty1012 says:
does he now? well it would be hard to put all the little squares together
Aug 7, 2008. 7:55 PMDoctor What says:
Are you talking about flat mario, or squishy mario? Because I just finished with eight bit mario.
Aug 7, 2008. 9:58 PMbounty1012 says:
flat i think the one from super mario world 1 on the snes
Aug 6, 2008. 8:33 PMDoctor What says:
8-bit Mario, I mean.
Apr 11, 2008. 7:54 PMaltaria1993 says:
the "OWNED!!!" part doesnt make it look really serious.. nad it should be possible, it would just be harder ..
Apr 13, 2008. 12:18 PMDjProToJeeX says:
how is that even a "OWNED" moment. like this guy over here, posts a question to setup an answer so he can say OWNED. if you already know it will be harder why ask the question. heres a good one that doesnt seem that hard
Apr 16, 2008. 4:56 PMbounty1012 says:
I didnt post it to say owned... I meant the more detailed snes mario from super mario world
Apr 16, 2008. 5:43 PMDjProToJeeX says:
'OWNED!!!'

well you did post it to say OWNED!!! hahahhahah
Apr 17, 2008. 4:56 PMbounty1012 says:
lol
Apr 23, 2008. 6:46 AMaltaria1993 says:
you "lol" at yourself failing?
Apr 23, 2008. 6:52 PMbounty1012 says:
i lol at you for that comment sir now good day! YOU EAT PANTS oh god i forgot you cant say pants on the internet
Apr 24, 2008. 10:47 PMaltaria1993 says:
pants are hard to be eaten, and they don't taste very well, thats why i do not eat them.
Apr 29, 2008. 4:51 PMbounty1012 says:
how do you know you do not like them if you havent tried them hmmmm can you explain that?????
Apr 30, 2008. 5:27 AMaltaria1993 says:
do not eat, which is in the present, not never have eaten, which is diffrent. to be honest i once tried eating them.
May 4, 2008. 3:54 PMbounty1012 says:
lol I Tried eating some too it didnt turn out too well i lost my teeth and had to eat a ladybug named paulo lol
Apr 29, 2008. 7:28 PMDjProToJeeX says:
obviously given the context he has eaten them and does know. gawsh
Apr 17, 2008. 5:01 PMbounty1012 says:
I made a 1 up mushroom out of this :D im gonna put it on my book bag :D
Apr 16, 2008. 4:54 PMbounty1012 says:
you should make it an airfreshener then iron it onto your pants when you fart blame it on the fat kid lolz
Apr 11, 2008. 5:33 PMDoctor What says:
Absolutely fabulous! This is an instant favorite. Now I can make my own custom 16 bit videogame character apparel! Yay!
Apr 11, 2008. 1:20 PMdarkmuskrat says:
This is Scary Awesome!!! Last night I was thinking about giving out some things like this to friends, thx for showing me how. thx again.) P.S. This so matches my pacman sweater
Apr 11, 2008. 11:54 AMasyrith says:
Sweet! I totally adore this! Well done! It looks super easy and your instructions were great! I'll have to go check out those cheap shirt at Wal-Mart myself. :D How do they hold up? +1 and favorited, by the way.
Apr 11, 2008. 12:17 PMtaylor100593 says:
This is really pretty sweet but only one question do they easly come off

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