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Step 1: Cut the solid colored fabric 11 inches x 18½ inches. (If you want a snug fit for your box, you can cut the fabric 10 inches x 18. Because most tissue boxes are not the same size I recommend 18½ inches wide.)
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Step 2: Cut coordinating fabric 6 inches x 18½ inches.
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Step 3: Find the center of the solid fabric. Press with an iron.
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Step 4: Mark with fabric pen 5¼ inches from the bottom of the fabric on the center of the fold.
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Step 5: Hoop fabric with tear away stabilizer.
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Step 6: Embroider the design.
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Step 7: Remove the fabric from the hoop when finished and tear away the excess stabilizer.
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Step 8: Iron the fabric with the design.
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Step 9: Cut coordinating fabric 6 inches x 18½ inches. Press with an iron.
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Step 10: Press fabric in half long ways.
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Step 11: With the embroidered piece of fabric and the folded coordinating fabric, lay the coordinating fabric along the top of the plain fabric, making sure that the fold is facing down.
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Step 12: Pin along the raw edges of the fabrics.
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Step 13: I used a overlock stitch to sew these two pieces of fabric, but you can use a serger or a zigzag stitch.
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Step 14: Open the two pieces of fabric and press with an iron.
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Step 15: Front view with the top fabric attached.
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Step 16: Fold the fabric in half as shown with right sides together. Pin the raw edges together.
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Step 17: Sew the edges together with serger or overlock stitch.
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Step 18: Lay the fabric out flat with the design in the center.
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Step 19: Serge across the bottom of the fabric.
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Step 20: Turn the tissue box cover inside out.
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Step 21: Finished picture close-up.
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Step 22: Place the tissue box down inside the cover.
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Step 23: There are two triangles on the bottom on both sides of the box.
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Step 24: Lay the box on one side and push the corner inside and under the box, like the example. Repeat on the other side.
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Step 25: Once these are tucked in, turn the covered box upside down and press with an iron. This will mark your creases for sewing.
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Step 26: Turn the cover wrong side out and sew across the creases. You can serge these corners off if you like. I just folded mine in and tacked them down inside the bottom of the box. There should be about 2 inches from the tip of the corner for the stitches.
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Step 27: Finished bottom of the box.
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Step 28: Take the ribbon and wrap it around the top of the box. Then pull up a tissue and tie the ribbon semi-loose around the opening of the cover. Not too tight or the tissues won't come out.
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