Day 173: Herbie the Door Mouse

Several months ago, I made this sweet set of mouse ears for my buddy, Herbie.  He’s dressed as the door mouse from Alice in Wonderland!  🙂

When he dropped off the materials to make the ears, he left me with yards of grey felt…waaaaay more than I really needed.

Fast forward to today, when my landlord did his annual walk-through of our house.  He noticed that my front door was a little drafty.  I knew EXACTLY what I was going to do!

I grabbed my big stash of grey felt, as well a few other scrappies.  🙂

I cut out two 42″ x 13″ rectangles from the grey felt.

Then I folded them in half and drew a shape with my fabric marker.

I cut my shape out, and unfolded it.

Then, I sewed the two sides together, except for the very bottom center.

I turned the whole thing inside out and bugged Fella for a bit with my temporary puppet!

Time to add a face to this mysterious little guy!

I stuffed my plushy new pal…

…and now I have an adorable way to keep chilly drafts away from my door this winter!

Cheers!