I decided that I wanted a little craft project to do. It’s been ages since I’ve indulged in anything crafty and I just got the urge.

I needed something that I could pick up and put down easily, but what?

Sewing was where I landed and I spent some time pondering what this project could be. One day a random memory popped into my head of a stuffed toy kit I was given when I was about eight years old. It was then that I decided to make something similar for Bub.

I Googled ‘mole sewing kit’ and an image in the search results caught my eye - a kit that looked very similar to the one I had had. On closer inspection I realised it was the exact same kit.

I clicked the link and it took me to a blog. This lady was sewing the kit which she’d found at a car boot sale. But it gave me the exact name of the kit and I was able to Google that.

A few sites came up selling the kit but all where out of stock. Which isn’t surprising as they probably stopped manufacturing this years ago.

Some days later I was still thinking about this mole and I had a thought to try eBay. A couple of kits of the same brand where listed, but not the mole.

I wanted the mole.

I’d become a bit obsessed with the mole.

No other mole would do.

I had no choice but to abandon the idea and decided to browse other kits when I had time.

A few weeks later a notification popped up on my phone to say someone had listed a ‘Vintage Minicraft Ready to Sew Mole’. I’d saved the search! I don’t remember doing so, but there it was, the exact kit I’d had all those years ago.

It was £4.50. Obviously I bought it.

So why the photo of a lion? Well that was just to keep you guessing :) I found the lion kit languishing in my craft stash. I’ll be sewing him together too - after the mole.

Now I just need to make a start, but I promise to share the mole, who will no doubt be known as Moley, with you as soon as he’s been stitched into existence.

xx