Scissors Case
Scissors Case
Take good care of your scissors and they will serve you very well for many years. Don't drop them, don't bang them and do not cross use them. Fabric scissors must never be used for paper, or hessian (burlap) and you will find that paper scissors won't cut fabric.
Something to do with the make up of the paper and hessian and the roughness, they damage the blade which will not allow you to cut though the finely woven fabric.
So lets make a soft case for your scissors,
I've prepared an A4 template for my design.
For my case, I've selected felt and a dress weight cotton. Should you use both sides a lightweight cotton, I advise you using thin wadding, 1mm will be fine, iron on interfacing (stabiliser) or In-R-Foam, which is a little more structured, but apply to one of the fabric pieces, both will be too stiff.
Place the 2 fabrics, right sides together, lay your template onto top & cut.
There is a 1cm seam allowance already allowed in this design.
Pin the fabrics, right sides together and sew along the 3 longer sides, leaving a small gap to flip the case right side out.
Clip the curved edges and snip off corners, close to the seam. Careful not to cut the seam.
Tuck the open edge inside and you can ladder stitch this closed, topstitch or leave open and add some twill tape or bias binding to finish the end.
Take good care of your scissors and they will serve you very well for many years. Don't drop them, don't bang them and do not cross use them. Fabric scissors must never be used for paper, or hessian (burlap) and you will find that paper scissors won't cut fabric.
Something to do with the make up of the paper and hessian and the roughness, they damage the blade which will not allow you to cut though the finely woven fabric.
So lets make a soft case for your scissors,
I've prepared an A4 template for my design.
For my case, I've selected felt and a dress weight cotton. Should you use both sides a lightweight cotton, I advise you using thin wadding, 1mm will be fine, iron on interfacing (stabiliser) or In-R-Foam, which is a little more structured, but apply to one of the fabric pieces, both will be too stiff.
Place the 2 fabrics, right sides together, lay your template onto top & cut.
There is a 1cm seam allowance already allowed in this design.
Pin the fabrics, right sides together and sew along the 3 longer sides, leaving a small gap to flip the case right side out.
Clip the curved edges and snip off corners, close to the seam. Careful not to cut the seam.
Tuck the open edge inside and you can ladder stitch this closed, topstitch or leave open and add some twill tape or bias binding to finish the end.
I'm going to be lazy, I'll tuck it in and top stitch. I'll be topstitching the rest as well, so it'll look good finished in the same manner.
Now fold... Place the inside fabric (felt for me) facing up... and you want to aim for an ice-cream cone shape...
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| I've lightly drawn my folding lines on the inside fabric. |
Fold the first side over for the main casing,
fold the other side over , then unfold on the third fold line, over the front of the main case, to give a 2nd pocket on the front,
OR continue to fold all the way around the back, to give you a pocket on the back.
top stitch along the fold lines, and there you have it, a protective, soft scissor case that will also hold one or two essential sewing tools.
You could be creative and add little bows, hand embroidered designs etc. Make it personalised to your taste :-)
You could make another for your paper scissors.
Abi x
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