I believe the most amazing presents are the ones that someone makes for you with love and passion, specially when it’s something that targets your very fun interests.

I received this brush roll and the 2 cases in June, they were made by my dear friend Sarah and I simply love everything about it, I asked her if she would agree to show us how to achieve such a perfect work of art and not only she did, but she sent the drawing and all the DIY info you need to succeed!

I will briefly show you mine and then she will show you hers … 😀 plus she will explain all the steps! It goes without saying that you can choose the length of the roll, the width, the tissue, etc etc. What I love about it is that:

• it’s lightweight and easy to store in your luggage
• feels amazing to the touch plus super solid
• holds short and long brushes
• the selection of the tissue is gorgeous and Japanese style!
• so clever to put a linen vinyl tissue in the inside, keeps everything cleaner for longer!
• there are no magnets or anything that could alter the shape of the brushes!
• when you fold the top part of the brush roll, the border doesn’t end in the middle of the head of the brushes, even if the brushes are short, it will cover all the way until the base of the compartments. You may think this is obvious but I own several professional brush rolls and some did not even think about this, when you fold the top part it totally damages the shape and the hair of your brushes. Again, I insist, this may seem obvious but consider it when you are looking for a brush roll!

The cases are similar to the Hakuhodo, you slide the brush in one side you pull it out from the other side, this way it prevents you from having to pull the fan or kabuki by its bristles.

I can fit my Rae Morris Radiance brushes, or kabukis, here with the Radiance:

or anything else… you can plan smutty things, but Sarah and I were laughing about what could happen if these two stayed there for too long… what would come out of it… we don’t know.

Since I am doing my brush room almost by myself and as I go, having a few useful ideas, there is going to be several DIY posts in the future, I will share any new storage, organization ideas that I will create and maybe (hopefully) this will inspire someone 🙂

And now for the fun part, I leave you with my dear super talented friend Sarah and her story fully commented by herself!!

*SARAH’S BRUSH ROLL*

When your Brush collection has finally grown (do to SMUT) that much that you can’t or don’t want to travel with them in your beauty bag anymore, it’s time for a travel storage solution. It’s time for a Brush roll and maybe Fan case!

Why should you do a Brush roll or Fan/Kabuki Case on your own? Because you can use almost every fabric, based on your own taste.

And you can customize it in size and the sections for the brushes

Why did I make a Brush roll at the beginning though I don’t travel because I use my entire budget on expensive brushes? 😀

Sure I had to bribe my first dear Brush friend (who else than dear Melissa) back in 2013 because she did me some favors and I was looking forward to some more help so I thought, what is better than something brush related and self made.

My mother did the first brush roll for me, some time before that, so I thought with a little bit of her help I could manage it too!

Two Brush rolls later I thought about a Fan or Kabuki solution because they don’t fit in the roll. Sonia and her little self made Kabuki solution (somewhere in a post) and Hakuhodo Fan Case in mind, I prepared a little Case which would fit the Radiance or Fan Brush and also a big Kabuki.

Sure our Brush queen Sonia had to get this little collection also to thank her for all the amazing hard work here and that awesome place for Brush lovers where I found such lovely friends!

So here comes the interesting part how to make one:

*click on the pics to make them bigger 😉

BRUSH ROLL

Step 1

• The measures includes 1cm on each side for sewing, for the ribbons 0,5cm.
• Cut fabric pieces as accurate as possible.

Step 2

• It’s easier to sew when you iron it.
• When the sewing part is ready, pull the two ribbons over a stick.
• Make the corners “square” with the stick.

Step 3

• When the outer fabric is on the top, the ribbons are on the left. Otherwise you have to roll it in the opposite way when it’s ready.
• When you sew the piece, leave out a 6cm hole. (see sketch)
• Cut the corners before you turn inside out the ready piece.
• Make the corners square with a stick.
• You don’t have to close the 6cm hole!

Step 4

• Iron it and fold it – Overlapping 9cm.
• Sew left and right first, then the parts for Brushes. Customize them for your own needs.
• Don’t forget that the hole must be on the part where you sew now.

FAN CASE

Step 1

• Made to fit Radiance or White Mushroom!
• The measures includes 1cm on each side for sewing, for the ribbons 0,5cm.
• Cut fabric pieces as accurate as possible.

Step 2

• It’s easier to sew when you iron it.
• When the sewing part is ready, pull the two ribbons over a stick.
• Make the corners “square” with the stick.

Step 3

• When you sew the pieces, leave out a 6cm hole. (see sketches)
• Cut the corners before you turn inside out the ready piece.
• Make the corners square with a stick.
• You don’t have to close the 6cm holes!

Step 4

• Iron them and put the two pieces together (inside fabric to inside fabric) – Overlapping 10cm.
• Don’t forget that the holes must be on the part where you sew the pieces together.

For the Fabrics I used:

• Outside:  Nice cotton – relatively thin
• Inside:  Linen with a vinyl coating on one side

I didn’t use anything between the fabrics.

I also found some info’s about how to make a Brush roll in the www, but I changed some things in the process. You could change several things so that you don’t see the seam from the brush sections on the outside for example, but if you want that you have to sew the brush section part first on the inside and than you can sew the outside and inside fabrics later together….

I think this technique is as simple and at the same time as nice as possible.

I’m not a pro in sewing, the rolls were the first real projects for me so I think you can manage it too. Just ask your friends or family if you don’t have a sewing machine, I also use the one from my mum.

I posted this DIY Tutorial earlier in the Forum but since not all are following there and it’s evtl. better to find it here in the new sections, Sonia asked me to make a post 😉

Have fun while creating your own travel storage collection!

XOX Sarah