The very best thing about this DIY Standing Makeup Bag is that it slides down and becomes a vanity top makeup holder, it goes straight from purse to vanity top! My daughter just started a modeling class at Austin School Of Fashion Design and she needed a makeup bag to carry her lip bam, contour kit in, and a couple of other essentials in. The sewing instructions are really easy to follow, you just cut out your outer fabric layer and stiff interfacing and start sewing. You can use softer interfacing for a makeup case you would just be used for pencil transport, but if you want your makeup case to stand up on the vanity as an attractive holder, use heavy fusible interfacing. The fusible is also an option, but I find these projects go more smoothly and look better with a fusible you can iron right onto the fabric, it becomes a much more durable component to your project. The zipper instructions are also very good, zippers can be tricky and the sewing method shown in the video is super quick and self-explanatory. I loved everything about this project, I think you will too. I started by cutting my circles in a circumference of 11 3/4″.

So you cut 2 circles of fusible batting interfacing and 4 circles of material, iron on your fusible interfacing to the backside of the top material and sew them all together.

Then you cut out your other pieces.

Then you just start sewing all your side pieces together using the same method, then attach your zipper.

Then you just attach your circle tops and turn right side out.

It’s really that simple! I hope you enjoy this project as much as I did, it turned out so lovely!

DIY Cute Makeup Bag