Make up brushes travel roll

Between visiting friends/boyfriend and trips across the Channel on press trips (one of the perks of working on a magazine about France!) it seems like I'm permanently packing a weekend bag for nights away from home. You'd think by now I'd be an expert at packing light but I always seem to be cramming things into my bag so I am a big fan of anything that makes travelling easier and this roll is an ideal way to carry all my make up brushes.

The idea for making this came from the blog Trends With Benefits which I discovered recently and is fill of great ideas and inspiration.

First you need to decide how many brushes and what size you need to fit in (as you can see I have a lot!) and measure the fabric accordingly to be large enough to fit in all of your brushes.

You need two pieces of fabric for the inside and outside of the roll, a contrasting fabric to form the pockets for the brushes and a piece of felt to sandwich between the two main pieces to stiffen the roll and ribbon to tie the roll.

I pinned the outside piece of fabric onto the felt and sewed along the edge to attach them together.

Then I folded the contrasting fabric in half (right sides together), sewed along the long edge and turned the right way round. Position on the inside piece of fabric and pin along three edges. 

Next you need to mark out the slots for the different brushes. I did this by placing each brush between the main fabric and the contrasting fabric and pinning enough space for each brush - the pins may need some tweaking to fit all the brushes in. Then sew neatly along the pin lines to create the brush slots.

Work out where the ribbon is going to attach and pin both ends onto the wrong side of the outside/felt fabric. Place the inside and outside fabrics together (right sides together) with the ribbon sandwiched in between. Then sew along three edges and along part of the final edge leaving enough space to turn the roll the right way round. Sew the gap up using an invisible stitch.

Et voilà a travel roll to keep all your make up brushes neat when you're on your travels!