How to make a mouse out of fabric with your own hands

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

The New Year 2020 will be held under the auspices of the White Rat, and as the holiday approaches, it's time to think about gifts in the form of a symbol of the year that you can make with your own hands. We offer some interesting ideas for creating mice from fabric with patterns and step-by-step instructions.

DIY textile mouse

To decorate the Christmas tree, you can make mice out of fabric with your own hands. The master class is simple, you need to prepare a suitable fabric and print the patterns.

Necessary materials:

• fabric (cotton);
• leg-split;
• filler (synthetic winterizer, holofiber);
• black threads;
• black beads;
• ribbon;
• glue;
• pencils.

Master Class:

We take cotton fabric in different colors, but one piece should be solid. We print out the templates, cut out and transfer all the details to the fabric

We cut out the details, but be sure to retreat from the basting line by about 1 cm

Now we take two parts (color and one-color) for the ears, put them face to face, pin them off with pins and sew them on a sewing machine along the basting lines

Next, on the stitched ears, we make notches, not reaching the seam, after the ears we turn them out. Then we wrap the ears at the bottom a little as in the photo, chop off and stitch them

Now we take a detail, namely a half of the body, put ears to the front side and apply details of the muzzle on top, which we cut out of a plain fabric. We fix it with pins and sew. Next, we put the second part of the calf face to face, chop off and sew in a circle, but at the base we leave the hole not sewn up

Then we turn the mouse out, fill it with any filler, you can take a synthetic winterizer or holofiber. Now we make a tail for the mouse, for this we take a twine, cut off a small segment, tie the ends with a knot

We insert the tail inside and sew the hole with a blind seam. Next, we take a dense black thread and sew a corner on the face, so the mouse has a nose

Now we make the antennae, for this we simply pull the thread through the muzzle, cut off the excess and fix the antennae with a drop of glue at the base

Next, we sew black beads in place of the peephole

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The mouse is ready, but let's add a little accent to it, for this we grind the lead from a red pencil. Using a cotton swab, draw cheeks for the mouse. Now we take the lead of a brown pencil and darken the ears a little, and decorate the tail with a beautiful ribbon.

Tilda mouse do it yourself

Tilda dolls can be recognized by the delicate pastel colors of the material, by dots instead of eyes and a characteristic blush. These can be angels, cats, hares, but today the main character of the master class is the Tilda mouse, which, according to the proposed patterns, can be sewn from fabric with your own hands.

Necessary materials:

• the cloth;
• filler;
• floss threads;
• patterns;
• beads.

Master Class:

We will prepare the fabric and patterns. As you can see, there are dividing lines on the patterns, which means that some part of the part will be of the same color, and the other will be colored

And to begin with, we fold the plain and colored fabric face to face, stitching along the edges. After the allowance is ironed, it should look towards the colored fabric

Now we apply the patterns so that the dividing lines hit exactly the seam. And we outline the patterns of the body and pens with a pencil

We fix it with pins, stitch it and cut it out. We also transfer the patterns of the legs to the fabric, sew, cut out. We cut the ears separately, cut one side out of a plain fabric, the other from a colored one. After that, we sew the two parts together

Now we turn out all the parts, fill each one with any filler and sew the holes with a secret stitch

We will make lacing on the shoes of the mouse and for this we will put points where the laces will come out

We take a needle, a floss thread and embroider as if we were laced up shoes. And then glue the braid along the edge of the shoe

Then we sew small buttons to the legs, pass the needle through the body, sew on the second leg, sew the toy 3-4 times

Now also with the help of small buttons we sew on the mouse of the handle

At the next stage, we will sew pants for the mouse, but you can also sew a dress. We apply half of the panties pattern to the fabric, cut and sew

We tuck the allowances and sew them with a decorative stitch, put on the mouse panties and sew a belt from the same fabric

Now we make out the muzzle and for this we sew black beads in place of the eyelet, and embroider the nose with floss threads

And it remains only to sew the ears of the mouse with a secret stitch

Fabrics for making a Tilda mouse can be different - flannel, fleece, spandex, as well as linen, calico or cotton. If you want to get the maximum resemblance to the original doll, then you can order all the material in specialized stores.

Mouse key keeper from jeans

If you find old jeans in your wardrobe, then do not rush to throw them away, because you can make a beautiful craft out of denim with your own hands. Namely, a housekeeper mouse, which can be used to decorate your home or presented as a New Year's gift. So, we take old jeans, cardboard, patterns and get to work.

Necessary materials:

• cardboard;
• denim;
• patterns;
• wooden block;
• glue;
• hooks with thread;
• wire;
• filler.

Master Class:

We print the template and cut out the mouse from paper

We transfer the patterns to cardboard and cut out two parts

On the template, you can see the ears, which we also cut out, transfer to cardboard. For crafts, you will need a wooden block 10 cm long, 2.5 cm deep and 3 cm high

From one side of the block we drill a hole along the diameter of the wire that will be used for the tail. We screw threaded hooks into the bottom base

We will also prepare another block of the same depth and height, but half the length. Now we apply cardboard to the denim and draw around the contour with a margin of 1.5 cm

Next, we make a pattern for the back of the key holder, apply the cardboard so that the mouse looks in the other direction. We draw around the contour, but without a margin

Then we glue the cardboard with denim. We glue the fabric with a slight stretch, and make cuts in places of bends or roundings

In the process, we fill the mouse with any filler, select the muzzle and ear

Then we glue the back and thereby close all the ugly seams and joints

We glue wooden blocks to the back

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Now we decorate the mouse, glue a strip to it to highlight the eyes, a button on top. We make the nose from a knot of fabrics. And also we will make two pockets in the form of hearts and antennae.

Mice-potholders

As a New Year's gift for mom, grandmother or sister, you can present these mice-potholders. Together with patterns and a master class, such a DIY fabric craft will be easy and simple to make.

Necessary materials:

• patchwork fabric;
• patterns;
• fillers for quilts;
• scissors;
• mesh on paper.
• glue stick.

Master Class:

We transfer the prepared patterns to the patchwork fabric, trace along the contour with a margin of 1 cm. Place two pieces of fabric face to face and sew on a typewriter according to the markings, but leave a small hole

Now, according to the template, we cut out the details from the mesh on paper and from the filler for quilts. We apply a mesh on paper to the fabric, iron it with a hot iron, remove the paper layer and an adhesive layer remains on the fabric blank

We apply the filler and also smooth it with an iron so that the glue melts and the filler can fix on the fabric

Then, through the hole, turn the workpiece out onto the front side

Now we take a strip of contrasting fabric 2-3 cm wide for the tail, wrap the edges inward, iron and sew

On the spider web, outline the patterns of the ears, eyes and nose. We also cut out the same parts from the fabric

We smooth the cobweb to the fabric blanks, remove the paper layer

Next, on the main workpiece, using a template, mark where the line will go, which will highlight the ears

Then we apply the ears, nose, eyes and fix all the details with a hot iron

Insert the tail inside the potholder, fix it with a pin and go through the decorative stitching along the entire contour of the mouse and along the markings for the ears

The potholder mouse is almost ready, all that remains is to embroider the appliqués, and for this we put foot No. 23 on the typewriter, select the zigzag stitch and process the ears. Sew on the loop-tail, and close the seam with a pompom, which we fix with glue.

Mouse keychain made of felt and beads

You can sew a mouse with your own hands from different fabrics, but many craftswomen are very fond of felt, because crafts made from such material are very beautiful. So now we will try to make a mouse-keychain, which will be an excellent gift for the New Year. But first, download the template and cut out a pattern for the future mouse.

Necessary materials:

• felt;
• pattern;
• beads on a string;
• beads;
• glue;
• chain with ring.

Master Class:

Transfer the pattern to the fabric and cut out two felt blanks

We glue one workpiece along the contour with beads on a thread, while the body of the mouse can be pasted over in the second circle

Also, using bead threads, we glue the contour of the mouse eye

Now we fill the voids with small beads, just grease the surface of the felt with glue and sprinkle with decor, which should be different in color from the beads

Next, take large beads and glue the eyes, nose and buttons on the mouse

For the legs, we take threads with beads, measure the desired length, cut off one end and immediately glue a large bead to it. We also glue the bead to the second end of the thread

Then we take the second piece of felt, glue a chain with a key ring to it

Now we also glue the legs to the second workpiece. Then we coat the edges of the first workpiece with glue and connect the two parts together

Here is such a beautiful keychain mouse turned out, and those craftswomen who are fond of knitting can knit a talisman from yarn, which will bring only good luck in the new year.

It may seem to many that giving a mouse made of fabric for the New Year is not a good idea, but all the proposed master classes with patterns will prove to you that such animals can be cute and cute. And if you have a little patience, you can make a beautiful and original toy or souvenir with your own hands.