Welcome to the studio! At least we can visit safely on the internet. I have turned away from my quest to use up some of my paper stash to using up some of my fabric and sewing supplies. I do have a lot of patterned cotton fabric thanks to my Mother who is a quilter. She was always giving me leftover fabric and I stashed it away. I also found that I have a supply of Shir-Tailor by Pellon, a non-woven fusible fabric that is good to line face masks. I also have a lot of bias tapes in assorted colors and a lot of grosgrain ribbon that make good ties for face masks. So I have everything on hand to create masks. I studied several tutorials and patterns for making the masks and found the information and videos at The Fabric Patch http://www.fabricpatch.net/face-masks-for-covid-19-relief.htm was most helpful. I made these with 2 layers of fabric and 2 layers of non-woven fabric(Pellon). I found using ties work best since it was hard to determine what length of elastic to use if the masks will be used by different sized people.
I have photographed 5 of the masks that I sewed the last couple of days and will probably make more. I do not have any novelty prints but have a variety of plaid, floral, and smaller prints.
This is not a typical creation for a challenge but I think it fits into the challenge at Love to Craft Challenge blog. Their challenge for April is LICCB #45 Anything Goes. So I am sharing what I am working on.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa
.jpg)
How wonderful that you can sew masks. I don't sew much and my sewing machine is not working right now anyway. So we are out of luck. I guess we will have to settle for a scarf tied around our face if we go out. So far no one in our county has been reported having the virus. So I hope it stays that way. If I can find someone who sells the masks I may try to buy a few. Mostly we stay home though.
ReplyDeleteOh, bless you, Theresa. What a selfless act full of meaning for these times. And yes, this is perfect for our challenge. Thanks so much for playing with us at Love to Craft Challenge Blog! XXO, Aimeslee DT
ReplyDelete