The tissue box cover is essentially a single flat shape which folds up the sides of your tissue box, and is fastened at the top. This shape can be made in two different ways:
a) From a single piece of outside fabric, plus a single piece of lining.
b) From a number of pieces of outside fabric, sewn together in such a way that the pattern is always upright on all four sides of the box. Plus a single piece of lining.
These two options (and the direction of the fabric) are illustrated below:
Either method is fine - it depends on the fabric you're using and whether or not it has an obvious "right way up".
1) To create the above shape, we firstly need to figure out it's dimensions. Measure the size of your desired tissue box, taking note of the following lengths: W, H, L, X & Y:
Based on the above, this is how your cover measures up:
Don't forget to add 6mm all around for seam allowance!
2) Cut out this shape from your cover fabric using either method a) or method b). Cut out the lining fabric to match.
3) Pin the cover and lining fabrics together right sides facing. Cut two pieces of elastic each about 8cm long, and create two loops. Pin the loops in place between the fabrics, as shown:
4) Sew around the outside of the entire shape, 6mm in from the edge, leaving a gap at the end of one of the side flaps as shown above. You may like to run the machine back and forth over the elastic loops to make them extra secure.
5) Turn the piece inside out and iron flat, then hand stitch the hole closed. (Note: You may wish to test the cover on your box first, to make sure it fits nicely. If any of the flaps are too long you can always turn it back inside out and shorten them).
6) Now just position two buttons as shown below (the elastic loops should be nice and tight), and you're done!
Thank you to Heather for making the original tissue box cover from which this tute was developed!
18 comments:
thank yoooou. one quick question: what kind of elastic did you use? cheers Lara.
Thanks so much! It's gorgeous, and definitely on my to-do list :)
Love it. A must do for this house. My old one is looking tired and I totally fudged that one. Yours is gorgeous. Thanks for putting all the time into writing a tut.
Thankyou for the tutorial :O)
Melx
Hi, just found your blog and im loving it ! thanks for the tutorial.
Sarah x
Waw, what a great (and clear) tutorial. I know what I'm going to do when I get home from work. Thanks a lot.
Love it! It'll go on the "to do" list...I've been wanting to make something like this for awhile now!
i will try to make one when i am free, thanks for sharing.
Hi there, just tried out your tissue box cover tutorial today and it turned out very well! Your instructions are excellent, so clear. I also gave the journal cover a shot too. I couldn't really conceptualise how it all worked (I'm terrible with things like that) but I just followed all of your instructions and it turned out perfectly! Thanks :-)
Thanks for the tutorial! I used to sew my very first project on my new sewing machine! A pic of the finished result is on my blog!
thank you very much for this. i am excited to try it out!
Great blog you got here. It would be great to read something more about this theme.
BTW check the design I've made myself Overnight escorts
Holy awesome-ness! I can't wait to make some.
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thank yoooou. one quick question: what kind of elastic did you use? cheers Lara.
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Thanks so much for this tutorial. The fact that you explain how to adapt the tissue box cover is great. You can show some pictures of the box cover I sewed on my blog : sewingpot.blogspot.fr. See you !
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