And...........Wow, Sometimes The Design Turns Out Different

Given the variety of short cropped, super soft fake fur available I got some of that gray chinchilla colored stuff, some deep chocolate brown and some of the swirl white that's been at JoAnn Fabrics lately.  Just 1/4 yard of each. I wanted to make a set of differently colored fuzzy mice but still stick with using only natural colors.

Most of my catnip mice are cut in a rounded 'V' shape but this time I wanted them longer so I cut out a rectangle 4" by 4 1/2" in shape.  I folded it in half the long way and sewed them, tapering down at the far end to make the pointy nose.  

They were turned and stuffed, tails put on, and ears/eyes added.  However, laying the finished mice out side by side I saw that they unfortunately resembled a line of dead mice....  Eww!

Well, they may not be 'cute' as the others are, but I can advertise them as 'pre-killed for your convenience' and see how that goes!  No sense in wasting them.  I did a dozen in each color.  Sets would be one brown wood mouse, one gray house mouse and one white (with red eyes) laboratory mouse, all nicely lined up in a zip lock baggie or plastic container.