Mouse quilt block

Mr. Mouse would like to interrupt this tutorial to report that I use my seam ripper as often as a mouse uses his whiskers. And w...

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Mouse FPP Pattern comes in 2 sizes, 9" and 15". This pattern is delivered as a PDF. The PDF is clearly labelled, printable pattern pieces, including seam allowance, piecing instructions, and a labelled chart for placement and color. The colors are muted on each piece but also labelled. This pattern does not come with basic FPP instructions, but I am happy to direct you to good sources online. There are no tricky angles or Y seams in this pattern, only straight line seams. The pattern is for…

Today Lizzie the Cat learned how to take a selfie. I named her Lizzie, a nickname for Elizabeth...because she is the queen mother. The shelter, for reasons I can't explain, gave her the name Sardine. In any case, due to her presence, the mice have gone into hiding and have taken their genomics breeding program with them. This means that I will be the one explaining how to make the mouse...but I can only explain using old fashioned patchwork techniques. Sorry about that. It all starts with a…

Mr. Mouse would like to interrupt this tutorial to report that I use my seam ripper as often as a mouse uses his whiskers. And w...

Well, okay, maybe babies and kittens could be cuter - - but that's all, I'm sure of it! This is one of four paper-piecing designs newly released by my friend Juliet at The Tartankiwi - you remember the oh-so-talented designer of my recent Mini-Seahorse? So Juliet has been up to her designing tricks once again - designers gonna design, you know what I mean? This time she has released the cutest patterns ever in her new Mini Woodland Bundle! And stick around to the bottom of this post because…

Mice mini Busy week with a little bit of sewing and quilting. Little Kate is almost a year and we bought colorfull cottons to sew flags for het birthday and I made a skirt for her with tulle. Little girls overhere love to wear these kinds of skirts and you see them everywhere. Going to the shop to buy fabrics is more time then sewing the skirt! Kate keeps feeling the tulle with big asking eyes.I think she don't like tulle!! Drukke week met weinig naaien en quilten. Kate is bijna jarig en we…

QDNW Patch mouse block pattern & technique instructions

Sometimes you find necessary that you just have to make something right then and there because inspiration hits you like a ton of bricks. To hesitate, means that it's too late... somehow if you don't jump at just the right moment, then the window of opportunity is gone. I've been working almost exclusively on my Jeweled Mystery quilt, and working so intensely on a project it's sometimes difficult to stay on task. I even have a deadline of when the quilt top needs to be sent out, but…

There was a fire at my local church in Egloskerry a few months ago and, although not massive, it caused extensive damage to the interior. To celebrate the recent re-opening, church wardens Pam and Denise organised a Church Mouse Festival encouraging local people to make as many craft mice as possible. My patchwork friends and I made "Mouse in a Cup" mats amongst other things. These were made by tracing the design on the fabric back, then with the mouse fabric on the front we sewed around the…