Tutorial: How to make your own makeup bag / pencil bag for school

Lately because of the economy i haven't been able to get a lot of things. One thing that i been looking for is a makeup bag. I can never find one that was at an affordable price and cute at the same time.(I'm pretty picky i know) So I been thinking,why should i buy a bag that i don't really like if i could just make one myself.

So here is my little tutorial on how to make your own makeup bag! I hope you like it :]

Before you do anything, heres what you will need:


1.Fabric(Any color and kind of your choice)
2.A sheer fabric(I forgot the name but the black one in the picture) OPTIONAL
3.Scissors
4.Ruler
5.Thread
6.Needle
7.Zipper (And length is fine you can always trim it off later)
8.Pen or something to mark with

Step 1:


Mark the fabric with 11 inches in length and 9 inches in width. (You can make this any size you want depending on how big you want it to be. More fabric = Bigger bag)

Step 2:


Now cut out the fabric along the lines.

Step 3:OPTIONAL


Once you have cut out your fabric, place the sheer fabric over it and cut it out a little bigger than the purple fabric. (Like the picture above)

Step 4:


Now fold the purple fabric in half and cut it. (As picture shown above)
OPTIONAL: If you used the sheer fabric cut that in half too.

Step 5:OPTIONAL


Now sew up the 2 fabrics together.(Like this below.)


The shorter sides first.


Then the other 2 longer sides and trim off the extra black sheer fabric.

Step 6:


Now turn the purple fabric to its back side ( side without the black fabric you just sewed on, this side is going to be the inside of the bag) and sew it onto the zipper as above.

Step 7:


Sew the other piece on just like the one you did in Step 6.
Now it should look like the picture above.

Step 8:


Now its time to stitch up the zipper like this so it won't open once you cut the extra length off.


You can cut the extras off and it should look like this. Don't cut too close or too far. Leave about half an inch at the end or an inch.

Step 9:


Now fold the 2 pieces of fabric together like this above and sew it together like the pic below



Step 10:


Once you finish sewing the long sides together, flatten out the fabric like this above and sew together the shorter length sides.

Step 11:


Now sew along the dotted lines i have marked in the pic above ( the stitches didn't come out so well so i had to draw it on)

End Result:


This is the end result. I personally am loving my new Makeup bag. I hope you liked yours too!


Thanks for reading