So I have had this little project on my to-do list for quite a while and I finally got to it. It took under 45 minutes to complete and was super easy. I am thinking this is going to have to be one of my go-to gifts for people.  Now, I didn’t set out to make this a tutorial so I apologize for the lack of pictures.  I am pretty sure my mom is wanting me to make her one, so I will probably be able to have a better tutorial pretty soon when I make her one.  :)  So I am going to use a lot of text, probably more than I need to

Now here is a list of the supplies I used and the sizes.  You can make these different depending upon the brushes that you are going to be putting in but it should be pretty uniform unless you have something crazy.

Supplies:

a front piece of fabric (the one you will see when rolled up, mine was 10.5″ wide & 12″ high)

a back piece of fabric (the one on the inside that the brushes will be against, same size as front)

interface for between the two sides

a piece for your pocket that the brushes will go in (make sure to seam the end out because it will be showing.  Mine was 4.5″ high)

piece of elastic to wrap around it (or you could use ribbon to tie it, around 10″)

bias tape for the sides (around 45″)

Now to actually figure out the sizes, I laid my brushes down and then folded the top over to cover the brushes.  You are going to have it fold over so that the brushes are not falling out if it is getting thrown around in your bag or luggage.

You are now going to take your interface piece, your inside piece and your pocket piece (already seamed).  I took my brushes and laid them in and then pinned in between them.  You need to do this because it will give the pockets a few different sizes.  This is why you are also going to have the pocket piece longer than the back two pieces to leave room for the larger areas.  Now take out all the brushes and go sew in a line from the top of the pocket down to the bottom.

 

Now it is time to sew your bias tape on.  I have a confession to make, I used to absolutely hate bias tape and saw no purpose in it but now it is one of my favorite things to use.  It is much easier than having to sew everything together inside out and then turn it back around, especially on smaller projects.

Make sure  that you pin in your elastic as you are pinning your bias tape down.  You don’t want to have to go back and add your elastic as that is not going to be the easiest thing (or look the prettiest).  Sew on all your bias tape.

Then you are done.  Seriously, it is THAT easy.

Completed make-up brush holder open

Here it is with the piece folded down.  This will cover your brushes and keep them in your roll.

All rolled up and ready to go.  The size is very convenient for travel and your purse.

I put my most used brushes in here as well as an eyeliner pencil and mascara and still had another spot left over.  Give it a try and let me know how it comes out!