Those are fun. I like the bottom one especially.
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Whew, I am still such a beginner sewer that this was pretty intimidating for me, but Mom and I worked together to try this awesome mask pattern, and I’m so happy with how it turned out! Woo! We’ll be making lots more of these for friends and family.
Title: Masks for my brother
Masks for: my brother 
We’re mailing these to him tomorrow!
Pattern Link to Share:
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Love that Mario fabric!!!
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Title: First masks
Masks for: Me and my honey…that’s me modeling them all. The second mask (navy pattern) was custom modified to my sweeties demands, ummm, requests.
Pattern Link to Share: The pattern has been shared before on this thread, I just don’t remember which one. Sorry.
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Title: Donations
Masks for: Local Detention center - 20 masks
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHrnS6n4iA&feature=youtu.be
A friend who is a visiting nurse requested these for a detention center she visits. The clinical staff was getting one disposable mask a day and the rest of the staff were getting 1 per week. Yikes! so I made up a bunch with elastic and with ties. They were so grateful. I had some with super heroes and those were popular. 
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Title: More Donations
Masks for: Local Healthcare system - 80 masks and counting
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHrnS6n4iA&feature=youtu.be
Just a sample. I’ve used ties, bias tape, homemade bias tape, elastic, and ribbon. But I just got an order of elastic and twill tape, so I can continue. We have someone pick up any donated masks every Sunday at our church from a bin outside. She says she is swarmed everytime word gets around that there are more masks. Again, it’s the non-clinical staff, IT repair folks, janitors, receptionists, etc. etc. that just are not getting enough masks. And it saves masks for the clinical staff. And they are washable. I always use non woven interfacing with two layers of cotton. My stash is shrinking…amazingly it doesn’t look that much smaller.
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Title: Mask Folding Template
Masks for: Friends and family - a dozen or more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHrnS6n4iA&feature=youtu.be
I’ve also made masks for friends and family that ask for them, and donated fabric and elastic to others. Others have donated elastic to me when I ran out and my order was stalled.
And I don’t make a filter pocket. It often goes unnoticed and most people quit bothering to put a filter in. I can make them if someone requests a filter pocket, it’s just a minor modification.
Some modifications I’ve made:
- I use floral wire, 6" with 1/2 inch bends at the end, final length is about 5" I make a bunch and keep in a little box.
- I also only do two folds. They are a bit bigger and much easier to do on the nice tightly woven fabric. Same result, pulled out, the mask is still the same size.
- Depending on supplies, I either sew the elastic in as in the video, leave the sides unfinished and then use a 32-36" piece of bias tape as ties and closure to seal off the folded mask sides.
- Add a channel for ribbon or bias tape or whatever to thread through for ties
- When using threaded ties, this little tool has been my friend, a locker hook. The eyelet is large enough and the whole thing is long enough to make threading ties very fast and easy. Mine is about 6 " long.
- Best idea ever! Created a folding template. Hold over the front, add the smaller one in the back and fold. I clip one end of the mask with fabric clips and stitch the other end, doing a continuous chain stitched batch. Then turn around and do the clipped end. This has sped things up amazingly.
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Link to template tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtiyPhWDQM
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THANK YOU for posting that video link! I knew there had to be a way to make the pleats quicker and I even looked online today but couldn’t find anything,
I’ve been hired to help a small business make masks for sale and I’m already tired of measuring and folding and I’ve only done 29. Tomorrow I’ll get my hubby to help me create one for my two pleats.
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@Abbeeroad - I’m not trying to be silly or anything, and I don’t know how to machine sew but I have an idea…how is the wire in underwire bras put in so it doesn’t poke thru? Maybe that would help?
lol…I have no idea how they do that. I’m sure if I had covered the wire or at least bent the ends up, it wouldn’t have poked through. Rookie mistake.
BUT! I am trying out the coffee ties some time this week (maybe tonight!). I really think they will work well!
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I’ve been using garbage twist ties, they work great, even better if you tear off two at once and fold them over together.
Look at the top wire in this photo, I would do that for pipe cleaner as well, even twist the fold over up a bit to more securely fasten it.
I saw a tutorial using a strip of aluminum from one of those disposable baking trays. That stuff is super easy to cut and fold the edges over and it makes a nice flat piece for shaping round the nose. It would work best for a mask with a flatter top edge like the HK pattern.
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Title: 4 More masks for healthcare workers
Masks for: We’ll be mailing these and the three we made before to a local hospital tomorrow.
Pattern Link to Share:
As a super beginner, I found this pattern really challenging, and unfortunately don’t think I have the energy to keep making more of these. But I’m going to keep making lots of the fitted ones for friends and family!
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Title: Fitted Masks Set #2
Masks for: family friends
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/#face-mask-pattern
I love this pattern. My mother and I have been working on these assembly-line style, and have quite a few more started (there will be at least four whale ones in total ;P). Even as total beginners, we are definitely getting the hang of it and it’s getting easier and quicker!
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Title: plain mask
Masks for: one for me
Pattern Link to Share: @magpies awesome improvement on the HK pattern
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Great work! Tell me, do you find it comfortable to wear? I am tweaking this pattern so I falls lower beneath the eyes. I had a complaint from some children - SIGH.
I put pipe cleaners in so it moulds around the nose so I find it perfectly comfortable. If I’m going to wear one, I want good coverage.
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Title: three masks for a friend. Blue to match her uniform
Masks for: a police officer
Pattern Link to Share: @magpies awesome improvement on the HK pattern
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Title: another three plain ones
Masks for: my friend
Pattern Link to Share: @magpies awesome improvement on the HK pattern
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Title: first practice masks for my fam
Masks for: my hospital
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJcE-r7kcg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1jmWlSlREeh234VoSzEg0ljhnqvJZIWw6hvC1lRAFvgDLjrlN5O9sQkuc
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title: folded gray and teal masks
masks for: 2 for ashley
pattern link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJcE-r7kcg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1jmWlSlREeh234VoSzEg0ljhnqvJZIWw6hvC1lRAFvgDLjrlN5O9sQkuc
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