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
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!
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…
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.
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!
Title: masks for Navajo Weavers
Masks for: aunt’s co-workers
Pattern link to share: N/A, as I looked at several and distilled the final result down to a quick process
My aunt and uncle live in Arizona, and my aunt works at a gallery that sells Navajo weavings and other art pieces. This collective pays these people a living wage, and they showcase the beautiful work these artisans create. (gratuitous website plug for these peeps)
The Navajo nation as a whole has been hit especially hard with the virus, so my aunt asked me if I could make masks for the weavers and their families. I made groups of masks, and sent them to the families individually, which was more efficient than shipping to the gallery then having them turn around and ship them out. I think the total for this endeavor was close to 60 masks.
My mom cut out some of the rectangles, since I needed to get them sewn as fast as possible. I got a nice rhythm going on assembling many masks, and could do the pleats by eye which saved a lot of time.
Coincidentally, I made a mask for my hubby as one of the “tests” for the “pattern” I used. I also taught an online sewing class and we made masks! A lot of firsts in that weekend, for sure!
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You have been so kind to your community…if we are going to have to wear masks, they might as well be pretty or cute or fun…it is sort of sad, but we have to make the best of it…these are all fabulous…
Title: Do YOU wanna look like a HARDWOOD FLOOR? Masks for: My parents and me and my husband Pattern Link to Share: Magpie’s easiest mask pattern!
I tried @Magpie 's easiest mask pattern and I LOVED it! I and my husband have deviated septums from breaks (his NOTICEABLY worse since it was obviously broken and not corrected. He snores a lot. Lol) I made my dinosaur mask and realized it just felt so much better than my other mask. So I made Kenny another one, then made some for my parents, while trolling my father, of course. My text to him yesterday: “Do YOU want to look like A HARDWOOD FLOOR?” Lmao
Him: “what are you smoking?”
Me: “just say yes”
