RePurposing Skirt into Cosmetic Bags

While preparing for our trip to take Addisyn to New Orleans for a visit to the Children's Hospital, I realized I was short on small bags for shampoo, makeup and etc. Anyways before I get into the crafty stuff I wanted to share. This is Natalie sleeping in her "tent" last night (She insist in sleeping in just her undies crazy kiddo!)

Here are my Kiddos this morning...they hate wearing clothes lol!

Anyways on to the craft stuff here is a finished photo of my bags

So first I had these two skirts that I never wore...One I bought for a few dollars at a thrift store! I made a pattern with two pieces of paper...the paper was about as wide as I wanted and I needed about 1 1/2 pieces so it would be as long(or deep) as I wanted. So here is my paper

So I cut my skirt up the back and along the zipper to open it up flat(you can do this or use any other fabric). I placed my pattern on the skirt and cut both layers about 1/4in gap around the paper

So cut two of these...then you are going to place them together...the first one I did I messed it up and I'm not really sure how. The second one I made sure I put the sides that I wanted on the outside together and the other on the out. Pin together and sew. Make sure you don't sew all the way to the top I left a few inches on each side

I folded the front piece down and sewed leaving a flap on the top. I then trimmed the excess. Because the way the fabric was I decided to use some bias tape I had on hand to finish the top.

Next I added Kam Snaps. I already had these from a previous project (cup clips) so I added those. You could adjust and add a zipper or keep it like this and sew in Velcro.
Enjoy your cute new bags...Don't you just love new bags??

I may be MIA for a while...but that just means I will have more ideas when I get back!