I use a pair of the small pointy scissors with the swan handles that I was gifted by my sister-in-law when I first learned to quilt. To keep it from wandering and also to make for easy retrieval when I drop it (as I often do), I have attached it to the sewing machine with a long ribbon that I sewed a loop of elastic to the end. The elastic is attached to the scissors, and allows extra reach when the ribbon is just not long enough. All I did was loop it thru one handle before attaching it to the machine where the cord is at the right side.
When I drop it, I just pull up the ribbon and haul it up to me, rather than having to find it on the floor. LOL I have another one attached to my ironing board the same way. When I am not using the scissors by my machine, I have a pretty spool of thread that I use to hold them, by turning the point down in the hole of the spool.