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
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