Think of this as your last minute gift idea, you could whip it up next Saturday right before Mothers Day. Seriously, this tutorial is so easy peasy, even if you are a beginner, you can do it in about an hour.
Materials needed:
- fabric 3 10x11inch pieces – contrasting, coordinating or all the same
- one piece for lining, one piece for the top + one piece for your brush pocket
- fusible interfacing 1 9.25×10.25 piece – whatever kind you have on hand
- ribbon 16-17 inches – or bias tape or whatever you have on hand
Start by ironing (fusing) your interfacing to the back of your lining piece.
Then iron your pocket piece in half lengthwise, it should now measure 5×11 inches.
Mark your pocket stitches. The big brushes need about 2 inches of pocket space + the little brushes need about 1 inch. Your pockets should vary depending on what kind of brushes you have.
Give yourself a 1/2 seam allowance on the ends when you mark, if you are doing a 2 inch pocket on the end, then mark your fist pocket at 2 1/2 inches, for the seam allowance. All other pockets mark true to size.
Sew your pockets to your lining.
You don’t have to sew down the edges of the outside pockets, you can if you want, but I always leave mine open + sew them down when I sew the whole piece together.
Start with your top piece face up, place your ribbon or bias tape on either side of the top piece about 4 inches from the bottom.
Place your sewn lining + pockets face down on top of your top piece.
With a 1/2 inch seam allowance, stitch around the entire piece,
leaving a 3-4 inch opening at the top.
There are so many fancy corner poker outers that you can buy, but I always just use a chopstick.
Tuck under your opening, making it flush
Use an 1/8 inch top-stitch. See where the seam riper is pointing? If you line your piece up with the inside of that feed dog, that will give you an 1/8 inch stitch.
Stitch all the way around the piece.
Fold + iron down the top piece about 2 inches.
Stitch across the top of the folded down piece.
I also stitched one of the edges of the flap down to give it some structure, you can ignore this step or do it.
Now fill it with brushes + enjoy!
Or maybe if you don’t have enough brushes, you should get some for Mothers Day so you can fill up your holder.
Make one + put it in a prominent place, leaving your husband a hint. Or if your like me, you could make one + hit your husband upside the head with it, for an even better hint.
I almost want to move back to Utah just so I can try and be friends with you...
I scheduled a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing to go live tomorrow morning (May 1):
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-make-up-brush-roll/2010/05/01/
and, i love all your tutorials!
p.s. are you doing the beehive bazaar this year? hope to see you there!
one of these days, i m gonna find time to make one....THANKS TO U!!!!
Appreciate ur tutorial!
TQ TQ!!!
-Cayton
www.minggusandmoob.blogspot.com
Thanx for sharing
Miranda
Great tutorial!
-Katie (hope you stop by)
I love this project, is easy and useful!
Laura from Italy http://chebirba.blogspot.com
http://lewandowskiresort.blogspot.com/2011/09/make-up-brush-roll.html