This cross stitch tutorial will show you how to make a simple and beautiful keepsake cross stitch scissor case, no sewing machine required!
Want to make a matching set?
Find the Biscornu Finishing tutorial here or the Needlecase finishing tutorial here.
~ Your finished design (you can find the Beehive Scissor Case used in the tutorial here)
~ Large Embroidery Needle (to fit 12 strands of floss)
~ Sewing Needle
~ Embroidery Floss (choose a colour to match design, or follow pattern)
~ Fabric Scissors
~ Small button
Step 2 - Stitch the backstitching line on your stitched piece according to the chart. On a second piece of matching cross stitch fabric, backstitch a line 2 squares smaller than the front piece. You should now have 2 finished pieces of fabric: 1 outside piece, and 1 inside piece. The backstitching line around the outside of the design creates the sewing edge for assembly.
Step 3 - Trim the seam allowance around each piece, leaving approximately 3/8″ of fabric from the backstitched sewing line on all sides.
Step 4 - Fold back the edges along the sewing line on all pieces, pressing down with your fingers.
Step 5 - Using 2 strands of floss the same colour as your backstitching line, start sewing the outside and inside pieces together using a whipstitch. Do this by taking a stitch under one of the backstitched threads on the outside piece, then one on the inside piece, and so forth. Continue stitching until all 4 sides are stitched together.
Step 6 - Fold the bottom left and right edges together and stitch the edges together using a whip-stitch to form the pocket for your scissors. I start with the loop method at the top, and take stitches under a stitch on each side, working down to the bottom corner. To finish, make a small knot in the seam and run your needle into the fabric a small ways, and snip the tail.
Step 7 - Sew a small button onto the middle of the seam you just stitched.
Step 8 - Make the thread tie for the flap. Cut 1 length of 6-strand embroidery thread 10″ long. Fold one length in half, so there is a loop on one side and 2 thread ends on the other. Thread the ends through a large needle.
Step 9 - Run the needle through all layers on the top corner of your scissor case. Pull the 2 ends through the loop and pull tightly.
Step 10 - Tie a knot in the ends of the thread to keep the two loose ends together.
You're done! Congratulations!