Button Mouse PDF Pattern

Sewing can be a rather messy business, no matter how tidy I try to be, so I sometimes imagine having a tiny troupe of helpers in my sewing room, who would appear magically at the end of the day - when I’ve left my worktable and turned off the lights - to tidy away the snippets of thread and ribbon and pick up the pins I’ve accidentally dropped.

I’d reward them handsomely with biscuit crumbs and shirt buttons...

The Button Mouse Sampler recalls our cherished memories of childhood, when we imagined mice in tiny dresses really did come out at night to help us tidy up the sewing room.

To make the 74” x 81” quilt you will need…

20 print Fat Eighths

8 blender Fat Eighths

1 Fat Eighth of palest pink)

1 Fat Quarter of ivory

½ yd of biscuit

¾ yd of cherry blender

¾ yd of pink blender

1¾ yd of border fabric

3¾ yds of background fabric

¾ yd of binding fabric (optional)

82” x 89” piece of cotton batting

5 yds of backing fabric

Warm grey and pale pink embroidery thread

{cover quilt shown in Sanctuary by Tilda Fabrics and with the kind permission of the Willow Cottage Quilt Co,}