How to Make Scissor Fobs

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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If you like repeating cross stitch designs, borders you can use on other projects or as bookmarks, florals and Japanese-inspired designs, you’ll want to check out 200 Japanese Cross Stitch Designs by Saeko Endo. This collection of 200 cross stitch charts is low on instruction but big on inspiration for those who are comfortable taking a chart and running with it.

The book includes a brief introduction to the needed supplies and basics of stitching, but mostly is just photographs of finished designs and the charts that go with them. The charts vary widely in size and there can be anywhere from one to six charts printed on a single page.

Many of the designs are repeating patterns, but the chart shows a larger version so you can see how the repeats go together. Each chart has marked what portion is repeating and how many stitches and rows it includes. Other than that the charts are not numbered, but there are darker lines every five rows to help you count.

The patterns all range from one to three colors, and some include half cross stitches or back stitching, but most are full stitches.

The book is arranged into categories of motifs: geometric patterns, retro patterns, traditional Japanese patterns, floral and fauna and borders and pictorial motifs.

My favorites are the Japanese designs, many of which are recognizable from woodcuts, kimono designs and traditional shashiko embroidery. You’ll find cherry blossoms, suns, knots, and simple line designs that would be lots of fun to stitch.

There are a few pages devoted to different ways to modify charts such as changing colors, changing the way to design is repeated, flipping and rotating designs.

Other than that you’re on your own for how you actually want to use these designs. Of course they can just be stitched and framed but it might have been nice to see some of the projects stitched and staged in a way you might use them in everyday life (repeating motifs as coasters, or a bigger design turned into a pillow, for example).

Sometimes it helps to see designs used in different ways to get you thinking about how you might use them yourself. If you don’t need that creative push, this is a fine book full of patterns you’ll have fun playing with in different ways.

About the book: 112 pages, paperback, 200 patterns. Published 2025 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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