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How to Make Scissor Fobs

April 22, 2025 by Sarah White

One of the fun things about crafting is that there are a lot of accessories, and sometimes you can craft those accessories or craft things related to those accessories.

One good example of that is scissor fobs. This is definitely a non-essential accessory but it is also fun to give your scissors a little bling and make them easier to find on your crafting table. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve lost my little scissors after just putting them down, and I think having a scissor fob on one of the loops might help.

Sirious Stitches has a couple of posts about making your own scissor fobs, whether you want to make one with cross stitch or by beading.

The older post about cross stitch scissor fobs talks about reasons why you might want to use a scissor fob and how you can make one with a couple of small pieces of cross stitch. This is a great way to make your stitches super fancy or even to code your scissors so everyone else in your household will always know which scissors are the fabric scissors.

They recently posted a new post all about using beads to make scissor fobs, which is definitely a faster option than making a cross stitch tag. It goes through all the supplies you might need and has a step by step photo tutorial as well as a video showing how to make it. This is super helpful if you’ve never done any beading projects before. But you can also just thread some beads onto string and make a simpler version that the one shown.

Do you use scissor fobs? Did you make your own or buy them somewhere? And most importantly, do they help keep you from losing your scissors as much when they are right in front of you? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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Reasons to Love Small Cross Stitch Designs

This post is inspired by a post I saw over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch about why small cross stitch patterns are great, but I can tell you my own stories of cross stitching woes, too.

I have always been a fan of small projects because I just don’t have that much stamina when it comes to cross stitch (or much else). I feel like an hour of knitting or crocheting gets you a lot more to show for your time than an hour of cross stitch, especially when you’re working on a complicated project.

Which is why a project I started for my daughter probably more than a year ago is still unrecognizable as its subject because I’ve barely done any work on it. (I’d like it to be done either for her birthday in September or for Christmas, so I’d better get over my big-project issues and get to stitching.)

The post covers a lot of reasons to love small projects, including that they are light on your budget (both monetary and time wise). It also looks at the basic supplies you need for projects big or small and gives you lots of ideas for how to use small cross stitch projects as decor or to make into gifts.

There are also tips for success when working on small projects. You might think it’s fine to rush but attention to detail is super important when you’re working on a small scale because a misplaced stitch or two can really make a difference when there are relatively few stitches in your project to start with.

Check out the post over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch, and let me know what you love about small cross stitch patterns. Or if you’re a fan of the epic projects, let me know that, too. Maybe you’ll convince me to give it more of a try!

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]

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