Reversible Tissue Box Cover Tutorial ~ Free-Tutorial.net

I am back with the tutorial for a super easy + quick reversible tissue box cover! Hope you'll enjoy.... ;)

***Fabric Measurements for a tissue cover that will
fit on a tissue box including Kleenex 200 ct.***

Exterior
Eight 7 1/2" x 2 7/8" pieces
Two 5 1/2" x 4 5/8" pieces

Interior
Two 7 1/2" x 10" pieces
Two 5 1/2" x 4 5/8" pieces

(1/4" seam allowances included)

***Other supplies***

elastic strip (3/4 wide, 5 1/2" long)

Let's cut out eight pieces for the exterior cover.
I chose 4 different fabrics, two pieces from each.

Now with right sides together, sew four pieces together, aligning long edges.

Repeat it with the rest of the four pieces and press seam open. Now you have two patchwork panels.

With right sides together, sew the top edge just 2 3/4" for left and right sides leaving a big opening in the middle. (Remember to backstitch at the end toward the middle.)

Press seam open, including the middle part which you didn't sew.

Now let's work on the sides of the exterior cover. Cut out two pieces of fabric according to the dimensions given above.

For each piece, make a little mark in the center in the top edge which you can measure 2 3/4" from one side.

Match the mark on the piece with the center of one of the long edges of the main panel.

Sew the top edge of a side piece onto the main panel. Make sure to backstitch before you reach the seam lines on the sides.

Clip into the seam allowance but make sure not to cut beyond seam lines. Do the same for the other side of corner. (This makes the next step 10 times easier!)

Align the right edge of the side piece and the main panel like this and sew them together.

Repeat it with the left edge of the side piece so that one side of the exterior cover is complete. (Important note: Make sure to trim the top corners as depicted in the photo. Doing so makes the tissue cover less bulky.) Now, repeat to sew the other side to the exterior cover.

Hooray! The exterior cover is completed!
Let's now move onto the reversed side!

It would be perfectly fine if you choose to make patchwork panels for the interior just like you did for the exterior, but here I am simply using two panels cut out from just one fabric just because I felt a little lazy. Forgive me ;)

Complete the interior cover in the exactly same way as the exterior cover (in this case, excluding the patchwork part.)

In the center on one of the long edges of the exterior cover, Baste a strip of elastic, very close to the edge.

Make a mark in the center of the other long edge. This will be a reminder for you to sew the other side of the elastic strip in between.

With right sides together, align and pin the the exterior and the interior.
Sew the bottom edges, starting from the point about an inch away from the mark you just made.

When you're about to reach the mark, backstitch about an inch away from the mark so that you have two inches wide opening centering the mark.

Yup, Exactly. You don't wanna forget to attach the other short edge of the elastic to the bottom! Using your fingers, pull out the short edge of the elastic, place it between the covers, and sew it up in place.