My boyfriend is an artist and he needed something to keep his brushes organized. Before I met him, he used a rubber band. Good thing we started dating. *wink wink*
This roll is a spin-off of your standard knitting needles roll. I simply added a sling because my boyfriend loves his free hands. Uh, that’s what he told me. I also used interfacing because he wanted a stiff roll.
Materials:
– Fabric of different colors / designs. Cut 13 x 17 of each.
- Interfacing. Cut 13 x 11. This is 6 inches shorter than the roll fabrics.
- Gross grain for sling. Cut according to your preferred length.
- Ribbon for lock. I replaced that green ribbon with the leather cord below. Something brown looks better with my red flower-y fabric.
1) Pile fabrics for sewing, right sides together. Interfacing is 6 inches shorter because you will have to fold the fabric to make pockets for your paintbrushes.
Read the rest of the tutorial HERE.
July 17, 2007
Meream
8 responses to “artist’s paintbrush roll”
ninox
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:45
Awesome, I will have to make one for my brushes, they are rubber banded and in various jars :P
Aneesah
July 24th, 2007 at 00:00
Ah! I’ve seen many pretty knitting needle cases but since I don’t knit, I didn’t think I’d ever want to make one. I’ve been keeping my brushes in a (rubber banded) plastic bag, heh. ^^; The plastic bag ’cause sometimes the brushes are still wet after I’ve washed them. Maybe I could do this with waterproof fabric or the now-famous fusing plastic bags method… Hmm.
Thanks for sharing!
Myam
July 24th, 2007 at 10:38
haha it seems that artists love those trusty rubber bands.
Eva
July 26th, 2007 at 18:16
Pefect, I’ve been lookig for a pattern to make one (but to busy/lazy to look for one yet) so this will be my next project :-)
Erica
April 17th, 2008 at 04:13
This was a great project! thanks for the insight I am just starting water color painting and this was a great beginning for creativity you rock!
Have a great day
~Erica
Jessica
November 17th, 2008 at 00:50
Thanks so much for this great tutorial. I’m making one for my sister for christmas. Great idea!
Just Pure Lovely
November 29th, 2008 at 09:29
Thanks for taking the time to type and photograph this one! I’ve seen the knitting needle cases, but could much more use a paintbrush one. So, thanks.
The 6 O'Clock Stitch
March 5th, 2009 at 00:24
Meream,
Thank you so much for adding your wonderful tutorial. It was so nice meeting you. I hope you’ll jump in every week for “Make & Tell Monday”!
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