Go to Sears or Home Depot and get a plastic tool box - Mine is 14 x 18 x 3. Compartments can be customized to hold scissors, and everything else. I keep ALL my sewing stuff in this box and it is instantly portable for transport to quilt sessions, workshops, and my other sewing room. Many in my quilt guild now have the same system. I have a second box for all my threads. Wouldn't even consider returning to the old style "sewing box."