FREE PDF Sewing Pattern for 5" tall Mouse With Clothes

Print out your free pattern for a 5″ tall mouse with a complete wardrobe!

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Here’s a free printable sewing pattern for a mouse doll!

This mouse measures just over 5″ tall.

A pattern for a dress, shirt, and pants to fit this mouse are included in the pattern.

Get your free sewing pattern below!

The pattern comes as a PDF for easy printing.

After you print your pattern, head back over to the blog for your step by step tutorial!

Supplies Needed

To sew this mouse and clothes, you will need:

Cotton Interlock Knit Fabric for the body (I used this, but my all-time favorite interlock fabric is from Weir Crafts)
Cotton fabric for clothes (I used someone’s leftover quilt squares I found at the thrift store)
Wool to stuff your mouse with (It’s natural, warm, has a good weight, and holds its shape well!)
A pencil
Sewing Machine
Scissors
A hand sewing needle and thread
Your FREE sewing pattern!

How to Make Your Mouse

To make your mouse, cut out all your paper pattern pieces and get out your pencil.

Fold your cotton interlock fabric in half (right side together) so there are two layers of fabric.

Note: It’s really difficult to tell which is the “right side” of cotton interlock. Don’t stress if both sides look too similar and you can’t figure out which is the right side. It doesn’t matter too much.

Lay out each paper pattern piece for your mouse’s body on top of your cotton interlock fabric.

Lay each pattern piece on your pattern so that the “stretch” is lined up with the double arrow written on each pattern piece.

You want your mouse to stretch “wider” — not taller! — when finished!

Trace 1 body, 2 ears, 2 arms, 2 legs, and 1 tail onto your fabric.

DO NOT CUT YOUR FABRIC.

Instead of cutting your fabric, sew directly onto your traced lines for each pattern piece.

Leave each dotted edge (marked on your paper pattern pieces) open.

After sewing over your traced lines, cut out each pattern pieces, leaving at least a 1/4″ seam allowance around your seams. You don’t want your seams to come undone!

Cut tiny lines towards your stitches (while being careful not to cut into your stitches!) around any curved edges. This will help your curved edges not to appear bunched up.

Then, turn your mouse pieces right side out.

Stuff the body firmly with wool, leaving a little bit of empty space towards the bottom opening.

Stuff the arms and legs about halfway full.

Do not stuff the tail or the ears at all with wool!

With a hand sewing needle, sew the legs INSIDE the mouse’s body, while folding the raw bottom edges of the body inside the mouse while sewing across. This will attach the legs and hem the bottom of the body at the same times.

The center seam of your mouse should be in the center of your mouse’s body.

Fold the raw edges of the arms inside each arm.

Use a ladder stitch to sew all the way around the arms (the top of the arm and the “arm pit” of the arm) while attaching to the shoulders of your mouse. (see photo)

In the same way, use a ladder stitch to attach the ears and the tail to your mouse.

The ears should be sewn to the sides of the mouse’s head.

The tail should be towards the center of your mouse’s back.

Lastly, use some brown thread and a hand sewing needle to embroider eyes, a nose, and a mouth to the face of your mouse!

Toymaking Tip: When hand sewing toys, leave long ends of your thread after making a knot at the beginning and end of your stitches. Then, when you’re done sewing, rethread the ends of your thread, and use your hand sewing needle to pull these threads INSIDE your mouse. This will hide the threads — making your knots STRONGER, and your knots NEATER.