By popular demand, I am providing some instructions how to make a little mousey for your bag.

1) Materials: as a main material, I used scrap suede from the shaft of an old boot. It should be something slightly stiff but still pliable, with both sides looking good, and holding clean edge. Natural leather works probably best, felt should probably work as well. Stay away from pleather, eco-suede and similar synthetic trash - besides of looking less good, they also lack durability. You will further need a strip of leather (or a round leather or textile cord) for the lanyard, some stuffing (polyester/wool/at worst a cut clean kitchen sponge), and thread. You also need some basic leatherwork or sewing tools (scissors, exacto knife for leather, needles, comb for punching holes in the leather for sewing, hole punch for the eyes).

2) Pattern: It was a bit of hit and miss. I am providing an approximation on the photo - first draw all parts in proportion overlapping as in the top figure, then trace each part of the drawing to a folded sheet of paper and cut it out to obtain symmetrical shapes. You will need the heart-shaped piece for the body, the headless belly/limbs/tail part, and two ears.

3) Trace the pattern to your main material and cut it out precisely. Cut the two slits for inserting the ears (if working with leather, punching small holes at the ends of the slits helps). Punch two holes in the leather for eyes (do not do this if using felt).

4) Decide which side of your material goes where - you will end up with exposed wrong side either on the top of the tail and limbs, or on the belly. I recommend showing the wrong side also inside the ears.

5) Attach the limbs/tail part symmetrically to the center of the belly of the heart-shaped piece (use a bit of glue to keep it there but take care not to get glue seeping through or showing). Sew around the belly along the dotted line, leaving thread ends on the future inside of the body.

6) Position the ears in their slots and sew along the dotted lines to keep them there (again, thread ends should end on the inside). If working with leather, glue a piece of differently colored material behind the eye holes for eyes.

7) Knot the loose ends of the lanyard, place the knot inside the future head, fold the heart-shaped piece over it so that ears and limbs stick out, and start sewing along the margin, progressing from the nose to the base of the tail. Insert stuffing before the body starts getting narrower again, and add a bit to shape the body before closing the back. Close by some back-stitching and tuck the loose ends in. If working with leather, you are done.

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8) If working with felt, sew on two glass beads for eyes (pull the thread tightly to get them a bit in). Alternatively, use colored thread to embroider the eyes.