ROUND 2: Craftalongs Challenge - Lettuce Help Our Communities CLOSED

I made a bunch of masks in April . I am not entering them in the contest…just wanted to post them somewhere…

My friend Fran, who donated tons of fabric to me when she moved out her house…

My high school pal and her three little granddaughters and their parents

My friend Sally and her family

My nieces and their friends…my one niece is a nurse…

By my count, that is 83 made for family and friends…I donated another 50 to our local kidney dialysis center…I have one last batch and then, I am done…I am tired…I am uninspired…I just need a little break…

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Title: Re-open Georgia…what? Masks
Masks Made for: My friend Nydia who lives in GA
Pattern: Simplified Fitted Mask by Magpie

My friend in Georgia was very upset that GA was re-opening. She asked if I could make her some better fitting masks than the thin ones she had purchased online. With a 2 year old and two teens living in the house, how could I refuse?

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I didn’t get it together in time to post for round 1, but the mask making continues!

Title: Pattern testing for Magpie
Masks for: 1 for my boss, 2 for my friend’s mom, and 1 for her stepdad.
Pattern Link to Share: Fastest, easiest fitted face mask pattern tutorial

Title: Three generations set
Masks for: My friends family unit
Pattern Link to Share:

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Update. We delivered over 50 donated masks to a local nursing home. The gratitude of the staff was overwhelming. They are in such a difficult position, they must care for their patients, but Covid 19 makes their lives so much more complex. The Pizza dinner we sent over earlier in the week was appreciated as well!

This week will be more masks for them, then back to the local hospital.

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I’d like to offer another quick and easy pattern, as requested by a few people this one has a darted front that allows for different fabrics for front and back.

Title : Nursing home masks - current batch of 30 and about 18 ear savers
For : Local nursing home
Pattern : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHrnS6n4iA&feature=youtu.be by Joann Fabrics
This weeks’ offerings look a lot like last week’s offerings, so same picture. I used the same fabrics because I had cut, cut, cut out a whole pile of masks. But I ran out of interfacing. And for the ear savers (sorry, no picture of the ear savers), I ran out of buttons. I used various little bits of leftover fabric for the ear savers.

Things are on order, or I may just add an additional layer of cotton for the next batch. We shall see. Or I may take a week off. We have 4 baby kittens to foster! and they need medication and potty training. But baby kittens. OOOO

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Title: Unseasonal Masks
Masks for: Mom, Coworker, & Friends
Pattern Link to Share: Modified Deaconess

Just some masks for my Mom and her friends, plus a coworker who couldn’t figure out where to get one.

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I made masks for a random family…they were a friend of a friend …they sent me this adorable picture…

nydia2

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Title: Veggie face fitted masks (fabric donated by @AIMR)
Masks for: Family of friends who bought a farm last year
Pattern Link to Share:

2 masks each, one of each pattern linked, all 4 sizes. Ear savers, a mesh washing bag, extra ties (cut from nylon stocking, super stretchy and comforable!) and a threading bodkin I got a clever friend to make for easy tie replacement.

There are 4 sets like this one, 37 masks in total going out to friends this week. Now that I’m happy with the patterns I can get cracking on more.

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They are awesome…and to provide them with everything they need for safe mask wearing…

I just learned how to tie a fisherman’s knot that allows elastic or ties to be adjusted without having a bead or anything! it is awesome!

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Title: Purple and bandana themed
Masks for: Hubby’s co-workers

I made a couple masks for the employees my hubby supervisors and two of the office ladies asked him if I’d make them some. I sent photos of 12 fabrics and they picked the same purple. One lady wanted one for her hubby from a bandana so I just added it to the front of a plain mask, making three layers.

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Title: Family Comes First
Masks for: Nephew and Wife
Pattern used: pattern perfected by @magpie

My nephew and his wife are having a baby so they both needed masks to wear once they get out of the hospital. He has to stay with her the entire time as they don’t want him going out and coming back…he is happy with that arrangement, but their 2 year old will be with his aunt and grandma, so everyone is fine…

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Title: Three For the Ladies!
Masks for: My mom, grandma, and aunt
Pattern Used: Magpie’s Quick and Easy Pattern with Darted Front

Title: Three More For the Ladies!
Masks for: My mom, grandma, and aunt
Pattern Used: Magpie’s Quick and Easy Pattern with Darted Front

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Title: Choosing fabrics is fun!
Masks for: Sister and her boyfriend
Pattern Link to Share:

Mesh wash bag and bodkin for threading replacement ties included.

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Title: Sewing masks is for the birds (and the beasts)
Masks for: Friends with a youngster
Pattern Link to Share:

Mesh wash bag and bodkin for threading replacement ties included.

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Title: 23 masks
Masks for: For 2 families of friends with lots of kids
Pattern Link to Share:

Mesh wash bags and bodkins for threading replacement ties included.

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Title: Rainbow Tie Dye Masks
Masks for: Friend Ana

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Those look great! How long are you making those ties? I don’t want to order any more elastic…I have tons of knit fabric…

Title: A.B. masks
Masks for: friends/family
Pattern link to share: A.B. mask-for a nurse, by a nurse


These were originally started when the call went out for PPE for hospitals. By the time I got them finished, the directive in my state was to have everyone wear them. So I put out a call on my FB to see who of my friends and family needed masks. The masks seen here were sent out in groups of 2-4 to relatives and friends, both close to where I live and in other states.

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Title: A.B. masks, part 2
Masks for: more friends
Pattern link to share: A. B. mask-for a nurse, by a nurse


These two masks went to a friend that was recalled several months early from his term serving in the Peace Corps in Moldova because of Covid travel restrictions. He didn’t get any of the original masks pictured in the earlier post, but I was able to make 2 for him and his wife.


This mask was made for another friend who got a hold of me after the original batch went out. She is a huge Harry Potter fan, and I lucked out that I had a scrap of HP fabric leftover from a skirt I made for her last year.

I have made a few more from this pattern, but didn’t bother to document them. I have another friend who is pregnant and works in the local city clerk’s office. She got 4 masks total. This girl is someone our friend group especially desires to keep well; she has 2 boys, has had 2 late-term miscarriages/stillbirths, and she’s sitting right now at ~31 weeks. Full-term, here she comes!

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