Tissue Box Covers

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Something that I have enjoyed doing a lot in the last couple years is using plastic canvas and yarn to make tissue box covers. This is a simple way to be creative and make something that I will use! 

I start with 5 pieces of plastic canvas. The top is about 33 holes x 60 holes, two sides are 60x24, and the last two sides are 33x24. The top will have a slot cut in the middle, but the size of the top varies depending on the design. It should at least be large enough to easily feed the tissue through!

I usually plan my design before I begin, often drawing it out either on graph paper or sketching it onto the canvas itself with a permanent marker. I like experimenting with different types of stitches and textures to make each one unique in its own way. Once each side is stitched, then I sew them all together.

Here are some of my past projects:

This is the one I have on my bedside table. The colors aren't good in the photo, but it is navy and pink.


The monster box was one of the first ones I did, and I think it is a lot of fun! Notice the teeth in the opening! 


This was my attempt at a spring floral motif. It isn't my favorite.


I really like my patriotic box. It is really hard to make 5 pointed stars on a square grid, but it gets across the idea.


This box was made last fall. My idea was to make something that suggested a forest of trees with the leaves changing colors overhead, and a carpet of colorful leaves on the ground as well.


Peter designed and helped create the Christmas gift box. I really like the way the trees turned out.



This box I made in early January and I made it up as I went along. I just wanted to use the same four colors to make a different pattern on each side of the box.  

I made this tissue box in late January so it would be done in plenty of time for Valentines Day. It was a very simple design and was east (and honestly kind of boring) to make.


After the simplicity of the previous box, I wanted something a little more artistic for Easter. I've been trying to increase my Christ-centered Easter decor, and so I wanted something to remind me of Christ. This was one of the hardest for me to design overall, and I had to redo the top SO many times to get something I was happy with.

Look at this one sideways ... hopefully you can figure out what it is supposed to say. (Digitally I think it is easier to read if I tip my head to the right. In person it is easier to read if I tip my head to the left.)
A palm for Palm Sunday
Gethsemane
Golgotha
The empty tomb


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