Up side: if I do say so myself, this mask is A-DOG-ABLE!
Down side: people have actually reached out and tugged the tongue (seriosuly?!)
Mostly I just get a lot of “I love your mask” and “you should sell those” and “make me one!” comments.
I started with the Plague Doctor beak pattern I’d massacred - I mean, adapted - and worked from there. Here’s the pattern I used with scale square if you want to print one out and make one so people will pull your tongue…
To get the mouth to stretch I cut the black fabric out of stretch fabric (an old pair of leggings) and hand sewed it on, then cut the teeth out of felt and hand sewed those on. It took for-bloody ever. And then my husband made the observation that the mouth should start under the grey/white line… sigh. I made two more for other and those were “right”.
I also made a TON of puppy masks for myself and others…
So the way I do the sewing is that I cut the interfacing on the dotted lines, iron it to fleece, then cut on the solid lines. I sew like pieces to like, then when I sew the two halves together I sandwich the tongue in there. Then I hand-sew the nose (cut out of felt) and the mouth lines on.
Oh, wow! I think I’m definitely going to make a set of these. How breathable are they? And, did you line them?
I just bought a pair of fuzzy “monster/animal” gloves with claws/nails to use for when I have to do online videos for school and have my hands in the shot. I thought it would be more fun, and these masks are right in line with that!
I do not line them, because they have a layer of fleece and interfacing, but they are pretty breathable - the fact that it has structure and holds itself away from your face is super helpful. I’ve done yoga in them without issue, other than a slightly sweaty face!
Thanks for that info! I hadn’t considered making masks from fleece because it sounded too warm, but since it’s mostly off of your face, it might not be too bad. I even have white and grey fleece on hand, so the shark might be first!
These are amazing!! Great job! Thank you for the pattern!
If you guys plan to use fleece for masks I would recommend doing some research online about the effectiveness of this fabric for face masks. There may be better options available.
