Make Your Own Makeup Brush Roll

Makeup Brush Roll Finished Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy

Here I’m sharing a step by step guide to making your own travel makeup brush roll. With holiday season fast approaching and a pandemic still ravaging our nation, many of us would seek to rely on online shopping for all our holiday needs. But with just a few straight lines of stitches you can make this makeup brush roll and gift it to yourself, friends, and family.

This is a great project for beginners. You can pick fun fabrics, add simple sewing, and organize your makeup brushes. And for a zero waste approach to traveling, take this on your next trip. You can also pair this travel case with my travel toiletry roll and my travel utensil roll.

Environmental Impact of Shipping

Online shopping is fast, convenient, and sometimes even economical. However, it often entails shipping. And while many shoppers qualify for free shipping, there is an environmental impact of shipping, which includes air pollution, water pollution, acoustic, and oil pollution. It also includes greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions.

Ships are responsible for more than 18 percent of some air pollutants. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from shipping were equal to 2.2% of the global human-made emissions in 2012 and expects them to rise 50 to 250 percent by 2050 if no action is taken.

Air Freight vs. Sea Freight

There is a perception that cargo transport by ship is low in air pollutants, because for equal weight and distance it is the most efficient transport method. This is particularly true in comparison to air freight. However, because sea shipment accounts for far more annual tonnage and the distances are often large, shipping’s emissions are globally substantial. There are now over 100,000 transport ships at sea, of which about 6,000 are large container ships.

Collective Carbon Footprint

The total environmental impact of sea and air freight shipping, it is worth noting that CO2 isn’t the only pollutant emptied into our atmosphere. If you are looking solely at CO2 emissions, then air shipping creates more emissions per kg/mile than ocean shipping. Freight transportation is a large contributor to air pollution. Air pollution emitted from transportation contributes to smog, and to poor air quality, which has negative impacts on the health and welfare of U.S. citizens.

The atmospheric impact levels incurred by different freight modal choice decisions are analyzed to provide insights on the relationship among freight modal split, oil price change, and air quality. Freight transportation has become a major source of energy consumption and air pollution. Emissions rates vary significantly across different modes of transport. The fact that shipping enjoys substantial tax privileges has contributed to the growing emissions.

How To Make

Makeup Brush Roll Materials Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy

DIY Makeup Brush Case

Materials
  • 3 Coordinating Fat Quarters
  • 1 Roll Velvet Ribbon
  • Thermoweb High Loft Fusible Fleece
  • Clear Iron-On Vinyl
  • Cutting Chart (Width by Length)
Makeup Brush Roll Step 1 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
Step 1 Cut the fabric pieces

Cut out all of the pieces listed:

  1. Main, Lining, Lining Iron-On Vinyl, Lining Fusible Fleece 17″ x 13″
Makeup Brush Roll Step 2 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Lower Lining Brush Holder 17″ x 7″
Makeup Brush Roll Materials Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Ribbon (Cut 2) 23″
  2. Bias Tape 65″
Makeup Brush Roll Fabrics Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Place the sticky side of the fusible fleece against the wrong side of the lining fabric.
  2. From the right side of the lining fabric, press with a hot iron to fuse the fleece to the fabric.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 3 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Pull back the paper lining from the clear vinyl and place the sticky side on the right side of the lining fabric.
  2. Cover the vinyl with the paper liner and press according to the directions listed on the packaging.
  3. The clear vinyl will create a barrier between the fabric and the brushes making for easy clean up if the brushes have any makeup left on them.
  4. Allow the vinyl to cool completely.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 4 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Take the lower lining and fold the top edge back 1/2 inch and press.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 5 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Fold back 1/2 inch and press again.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 6 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Sew 3/8ths inch from the folded edge.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 7 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Fold the lower lining in half and in half again. Iron the lining to make vertical creases.
  2. From this point, if you would like smaller pockets you can fold each fourth in half again or leave some of the pockets larger.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 8 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. With the lining right side up, lay the lower lining on top aligning the edges and the bottom.
  2. Sew along the markings, making sure to backstitch at the beginning and the end of each seam.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 9 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Place the wrong side of the main fabric against the Fusible Fleece.
  2. Using Craft Clips, clip the sides together.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 10 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Use a large plate as a template to create a rounded edge on each corner.
  2. Place the plate face side down against the corner and trim around each edge.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 11 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Clip the two pieces of ribbon against the main fabric halfway down the shorter edge with the ends facing inwards.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 12 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Open up the bias tape so that the wrong side is facing upwards.
  2. Place the bias tape along the perimeter of the bag with the fabric right sides together.
  3. Align the edge of the bias tape with the edge of the main fabric.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 13 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Stretch the bias tape ever so gently around the corners.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 14 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Once the bias tape has been clipped around the entire outside edge, take the ends of the bias tape and place them right sides together at a 45-degree angle.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 15 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Sew from the top corner to the bottom corner.
  2. This will create less bulk than sewing the binding together with a straight seam.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 16 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Trim the excess.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 17 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Sew along the first fold closest to the edge all the way around the bias tape.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 18 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Press the bias tape away from the bag so that it wraps around to the other side.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 19 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Clip the bias tape around the entire bag making sure that the bias tape is even on both sides.
Makeup Brush Roll Step 20 Photo credit: Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
  1. Top stitch around the entire bag.

And that’s it!

Feel free to leave any questions about this tutorial below. Feeling keen to make your own travel makeup brush roll? I’d love to see it. Take a snap and post it to your social media and tag me.

Tutorial and photo credits:
Kimberly Coffin on Sweet Red Poppy
https://sweetredpoppy.com/makeup-brush-roll-bag-tutorial/

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shipping
https://www.sourcinghub.io/air-freight-vs-sea-freight-carbon-footprint/
https://www.epa.gov/smartway/why-freight-matters-supply-chain-sustainability
https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/freight-shipment-modal-split-and-its-environmental-impacts-an-exp

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