Year of the Mouse - PPP - Pincushion

Year of the Mouse 2008

This year is the year of the rat/mouse. I thought I would do something with that theme. Then I realized that I am a rat/mouse born in 1972, so is my son Joe born in 1996. You can check out the links to information. It was a fun read.

On to the tutorial. As I have said before, this year my tutorials are going to be PPP's, pincushions, potholders and pies. I started in on this project the day my dad had his heart attack and now I finally have a free minute to get back to it and finish it.

Mouse Pincushion

Materials:

6 inch square of fabric

felt scraps

yarn

stuffing

black purl cotton

Instructions:

1. Take the 6" square of fabric and cut the corner off. I measured in 2 3/4" from the corner in each direction and cut it off.

2. Fold the square in half to for a triangle and sew along the long open edge. Turn right side out and poke out the tip with a sharp object.

3. Fold the top edge under and stitch by hand with a gathering stitch.

4. Stuff firmly with batting and draw the gathering up tight.

5. Insert the tail and stitch in place. If you are not able to stitch the hole up tight you can cut a scrap of the felt and tack it in place.

6. Cut out some little ears from the felt scraps. Stitch them to the head and add eyes and whiskers with the black purl cotton.

You're Done!