How To Make A DIY Makeup Roll

Make a sustainable and fully customizable case for your makeup with a DIY reusable makeup roll! In this easy sewing tutorial, we’ll show you how to make a reusable makeup roll with our VELCRO® Brand Stick On for Fabrics Tape! Perfect for protecting your makeup bristles, this DIY makeup roll can be washed and re-used time after time. Use it for a variety of brushes, bottles and even pencils, the makeup roll can fit all your essentials.  

 

How To Make A DIY Makeup Roll

What you’ll need

  • 1 full meter of fabric (we used a ½ meter of 2 different colors)
  • VELCRO® Brand Stick On For Fabric Tape
  • Clips or Pins
  • Scissors
  • Iron
  • Sewing Machine and thread
 

What to do:

Start by choosing your fabric. You can pick one or two pieces of fabric. If you choose two different materials, each fabric should be a ½ meter. Cut two pieces of each size: 38cm x 22cm, 38cm x 12cm, 38cm x 15cm, and 2cm x 20cm.

Next, match each size together with the right side of the fabric touching. You’ll want to pin or clip the fabric in place.

Now it’s time for the fun part! Sew around each piece, leaving a 1/2cm inseam. While sewing the outer section of the pouch, take the largest piece (38cm x 22cm) and leave a small 7cm gap on the right side. This is where your strap will be sewn in, so make sure the gap is placed in the middle.

Turn out each piece and iron.

 

Next, place the strap (2cm x 20cm) piece into the gap left on the outer section of the pouch (the 38cm x 22cm piece).

 

Now align your 38cm x 12cm piece with the outer section of the roll. This will create your pockets. Then topstitch around the bottom and the sides of the 38cm x 22cm piece.

For a custom fit, place your makeup inside of the pocket. Use a ruler and a pen with disappearing ink, (or a pencil,) to draw crisp lines (roughly 5cm apart).

Sew along the lines, making several small pockets.

Iron to erase the marking or use an eraser if you used a pencil.

Now, align the last piece, (38cm x 15cm) to the top of the roll. Pin and sew along the top.

Last but not least, place one side of the VELCRO® Brand Stick On For Fabrics Tape on the tab, and the other on the back of the roll.

Make sure they line up and that’s it! Place your cosmetics inside, roll-up, and go!

 

If you’d like to try this sewing tutorial yourself, pick up a pack of VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back for Fabrics here . And for more easy sewing projects, stay on our blog!

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