Sewn Face Masks
About: Personal protective equipment is important when trying to protect yourself from a disease. Masks are especially important when fighting the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases that travel through respiratory droplets. Wearing a mask keeps your droplets contained to you. Even if you aren’t feeling sick you may be asymptomatic and still able to spread the disease, so it is important to wear a mask when around other people just in case. Additionally, if someone isn't wearing a mask but you are, then you are more protected from their droplets and are less likely to catch a disease from them. This pattern includes two size masks and an adjustable nose piece.
Time: 15 minutes
Recipient: Senior Citizens, Veterans, Homeless, Children, Orphans, Abuse Survivors, Cancer Patients, Other Illness Patients, Impoverished
Donation Location: Masks are needed for all people, so they can be donated just about anywhere. Make sure you contact the location you want to donate your masks to first, so you know if they need any more.
- Ronald McDonald House, schools, retirement homes, hospitals, orphanages, homeless shelters, daycares, domestic violence centers
Materials
- Cotton fabric
- Flannel fabric
- Scissors
- Thread
- Elastic (can be a cut t-shirt strip)
- Pipe cleaner
- Big Beads (optional)
Instructions
- Cut 3 pieces 6 inches tall by 9 inches wide (for a smaller mask make the pieces 6 inches by 8 inches). One cotton piece for the front of your mask, a flannel for the center, and a cotton for the back.
- Fold a pipe cleaner in half and twist it, then sew it to the top edge of the right side (pretty side) of the flannel
- Cut two 11 inch long strips of elastic or t-shirt for ear loops (9 inch for smaller mask). Or cut four stips if you'd rather have ties behind your ears than loops.
- Place the back of the mask right side up and then pin the ear loops near the corners.
- Layer the front of the mask on top, wrong side up, and then put the flannel on top right side up.
- Sew around the edges and leave a hole at the bottom.
- Flip the mask inside out
- Pleat the mask three times and pin it in place.
- Sew over the pleats twice to secure them and sew a line across the bottom to close up your hole.
- Add beads to make mask adjustable, or knot the ties to together behind your ears to make the mask snug. You did it!
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