Amazing Craft – Sewing Jackson Mouse Kit

Amazing Craft’s kit to sew JACKSON MOUSE contains all of the materials you need to sew Jackson, a cute, little, 12cm mouse made from traditional toy making materials and using traditional toy making methods*.

Jackson is made from top quality German mohair, has glass eyes and is jointed (moveable arms, legs and head!) and can be made using a sewing machine or by hand sewing.   The 14 page instruction booklet has clear guides to guide you through the entire process and is supported with our online videos should you prefer a more visual way to learn.

The Jackson kit contains mohair and wool felt for the paw pads and ear inserts but you can also re-use the pattern and make him from a fabric of your choice (non-stretchy fabrics work best with this pattern).  The kit also includes a little steel weighting which makes him feel adorable in the palm of your hand when completed.

We were delighted to have ‘Sum of their Stories’ review our kit and you can read their thoughts and photos here.

Materials included in your kit:-

.     Full size pattern and a 14 page instruction booklet

.     25cm deep x 23cm wide piece of mohair

.     12cm deep x 10cm wide 30% Wool Felt (ear inserts & paws)

.     Reel of DMC cotton sewing thread

.     One pair of 6mm British made, black glass eyes

.     10mm cotter pin joints

.     1.5m extra strong thread (used for the head joint & eyes)

.     40cm DMC Pink 957 Cotton Perle thread Size 3 (for the nose)

.     15g polyfibre stuffing

.     60g steel weighting

.     10cm brown 2mm thonging (tail!)

.     A doll needle

Equipment you will need:-

.     A sewing needle

.     Fabric scissors

.     Round nosed pliers

.     Paper scissors

.     Tailor’s chalk, fabric pen or a pencil

.     A stuffing tool, haemostats or a chopstick!

Stitches used:-

.     Back stitch

.     Ladder stitch

.     Running stitch

Skills needed:- 

To complete this project, the maker will need to be able:

.     to hand sew or be able to use a sewing machine

.     to feel confident working with small, ‘fiddly’ pieces!

 

*Because this kit contains glass eyes, it is not suitable as a toy.  If, however, you want to make it suitable  as a toy, you can replace the eyes with safety eyes or simply embroider them on.