Mousey and his bed

Make him as big or as small as you wish...

cut two body pieces and two ears from felt - preferably wool felt as it's sturdier.

place the ears like so

and then fold the front of mousey to the back of mousey, sandwiching his ear like this

pin and stitch

and you should get this.

Next, stitch a little tail into place, you can cut a small strip of felt or use embroidery thread.

Place right sides of mousey together, pin and stitch leaving a gap at the bottom for turning.

Turn the right way round, stuff, embroider his nose and eyes...

and hey presto ! - a mouse is born.

Next his bed, use felt or I made mine from a strip of woollen blanket

fold along line A, pin and stitch the sides to make the pillow end, and then applique some little pieces of cheese to t'other end as shown.

I also sewed a little line of decorative (wonky) stitching to stop any fraying, and to look pretty.

Now fold along line B, pin and stitch sides and then turn the right way around.

Ha ha ha..

this way around, it looks like a monster. Hmmm.. he could be a monster for holding tissues maybe ?

Put a little stuffing into the pillow and stitch closed.

If you want to make this with your children, it can all be hand stitched, or if they're getting on your nerves you can let them use the sewing machine and hopefully they will stitch their mouths shut at the same time ( did I mention that we're ONLY half way through the school hols ? ).

Have fun !

Comments

[jen]

omg, lol. that is too cute!!!

[deedeen]

Only half way? You've got huuuuuuge holidays! How many months???

[corine@hidden in france]

This is wonderful. Thank you so much!

[lucy]

Fantastic, we have been waiting for this. Roll on the rain, I can feel another fun afternoon involving small children, pins and happy faces coming up. Thank you.

[angela]

Too Cute!!
I can't believe you are only half way thru your summer break. My kids went back to school last week, thank the Lord!!!

[Maud]

Oh my, how cute!
Our schools here in the north started this week. But still I think it is a good project for involving the kids.

[Michelle]

Thanks, as always, Lyn. And good luck with the rest of the holiday. My oldest starts Kindergarten in two weeks, don't quite know how to feel about that yet...! :0)

[Nikki]

That mousey is super cute! I know a little girl who will want a whole gang (what do you call a group of mice?). Thanks for the tootie.

[amigurumigirl]

Oh my gosh! Too cute! Thank you thank you! :D

[margaret]

thanks so much Lyn, my 7yr old is insisting she have a real mouse, so now we can make and put this one in the cage for a trial first! cheers

[June]

What a fun little project---thank you so much!

[Mama Urchin]

Thank you for sharing your sweet pattern. I think these are definitely in our future.

[Lynn in Tucson]

That's darling! I have to ask - what's the secret for sewing such small bits on the machine?

[mathea]

What a cute little mousey! One could make a lot of them and end up with a muddle of mice - will that do as a term for a group of them? ;-)

[the vintage magpie]

what a wonderful idea... stitched up mouths... mmmm... i see a peaceful afternoon ahead. Great mouse too! ;)

[the vintage magpie]

what a wonderful idea... stitched up mouths... mmmm... i see a peaceful afternoon ahead. Great mouse too! ;)

[scribblesnbits]

So so cute!!!! Thank you for sharing your pattern!!!!

[sabine]

I have two more weeks to go and then my 17 and 15-years old spoiled brats are going back to school.
Thanks heaven!
Nice mouse, by the way!

[sarahk]

Oh My! How cute! Thanks for sharing!

[Beth]

LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY

Thank you very much.

Is there a shared pool on flickr or anything like that so we can all have a nosey at each others mice & see how different they all are...? & how fast they breed?

[lucykate crafts]

cute mouse, will get lucy to have a go at making one i think, 2 more weeks of school hols to fill, eeeek! (or squeek!)

[stacey]

This little guy is sa-weet - thanks for sharing the pattern. :)

[sarahj]

What a nice surprise! Thanks for sharing-it is so cute :D

[claudine]

Oh thank you so much for sharing this, Lyn! You always come up with the most wonderful creations!

[Joanie]

My daughter will LOVE making these too - she's only 5 but good enough on the machine not to sew her mouth shut. I'm thinking duct tape might be quite effective for my son though. I noticed the boiled wool blankets for the bed - I'm in the middle of using those to make a bunny if my pattern isn't too wonky. Thanks!