Good idea to cut them longer! My “car” mask has a piece of cording for it, and I’ve been tying it into a bow so it doesn’t dangle. But, I can imagine that dangling ties would bug some people (myself included), so it’s nice that the t-shirt ties can be so easily cut down- the cording has to have its ends melted so it doesn’t fray, which could be a pain for some people to do.
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Oh my goodness, @Abbeeroad, there you go with the gorgeous fabrics again! Beautiful!
And @craftADDchick, eep, I wish you the best of luck with schools reopening! It’s so scary but I’m glad you’ll have a good supply of masks!
@AIMR, I love all those Asian inspired fabrics! So pretty!
Since last time I posted, we have sent 100 more masks to the Navajo Nation, given 70 to a local housing-for-homeless community, and 30 to a local women’s shelter. We’re going to start trying to give to more local places now, especially since the lieutenant governor sent us a huuuuge bolt of dark green fabric (was it chosen because it’s the color of the Washington flag?) to make masks for Washingtonians! Next I plan to ask the food bank if they could use masks too, for staff or to give out with the food. Oh, and several more have been taken from our porch, where we have free ones set in individual plastic bags out for delivery people! Oh, oh, and we also sent 20 to a friend of a friend on the Colville reservation!
Here’s the box sent off to the Navajo, 5 masks to a baggie (we didn’t want them to get wet or dirty in transit):
Anyway, here are the next few batches!
Title: 7/3 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/#face-mask-pattern
Title: 7/4 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Yup, I did make a few masks on Independence Day. What better way to celebrate our nation than by trying to help keep our fellow citizens alive? And you can probably tell I adore Mom’s hydrangeas!
Title: 7/6 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/7 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/9 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/11 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/12 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/14 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/16 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Title: 7/17 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: same
Today’s batch! XD
Sorry these are getting so repetitive. I have been having fun taking photos of them all though, because we’ve been using a huge variety of fabrics. We’ve already run out of lots of the patterns, so I like keeping a record of all the types we’ve made so far. And we have tons of new patterns coming up as well! 
Since we’ve also still been making them for family and friends and sending more out in the mail nearly every day, we’ve now given away over 600 masks, and will continue to keep making more.
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You guys are AMAZING!!
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What an awesome superpower for these times! You are an incredibly generous person with your skills and time!
I love seeing all the beautiful fabrics you are using to try to cheer people up…we will get through this…I am hopeful.
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Title: 7/16/20
Masks for: Family and Friends
Pattern Link to Share: women’s are 8x8 fabric with pleats and pipecleaner at the nose. Men’s are 9x9 and kids are 5x7. 9 in this batch.
Title: 7/20/20
Masks for: A friend and my kids. 7 in this batch.
Pattern Link to Share:
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Title: Boy Masks
Masks for: My friend’s 3 sons
Pattern Link to Share: Magpie’s Quick and Easy Mask with Darted Front
Title: Backup Masks
Masks for: 2 for my mom, one for my son
Pattern Link to Share: Magpie’s Quick and Easy Mask with Darted Front
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Probably the last I’ll get in this round.
Title: Manly Masks
Masks for: 2 for my FIL, 2 for my BIL
Pattern Link to Share: Magpie’s Quick and Easy Mask with Darted Front
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Title: 7/18 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Pattern Link to Share: https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/#face-mask-pattern
Title: 7/19 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/20 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/21 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/22 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/23 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/24 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/25 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
Title: 7/27 Masks
Masks for: Charities in WA
And here’s a photo I took recently of all the different designs we had “in stock” at the time:
This week I’m going to send a few to some friends and Pokémon coworkers, and then a big batch to the local food bank, who would like to give them out with bags of food. They’ve requested children’s sizes, so we just started making those too! Haven’t finished any yet though.
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I have to say that I am just so humbled by your charity and making these for your community…
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great fabrics!
Title: 7/29/20
Masks for: My husband’s cousin’s family. 16 masks in this batch.
Pattern Link to Share:
Title: 7/30/20
Masks for: My kiddos. They each had something in mind that they wanted. 
Pattern Link to Share:
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Announcing our winner for Round 3! The winner was chosen by random number generator, out of all the entries posted.
Entry #67 - @jillybeans 7/30 Masks!
You have won a $20 Amazon gift card, plus a special surprise from @Abbeeroad.
Please send me your email address AND your shipping address, so I can send your e-gift card to you, and Abbeeroad can send you a special bonus prize.
And thank you to everyone who participated in the Challenge. We had 67 entries, with a total of over 500 more masks! (I got tired of counting at 500, so I gave up. Trust me, it was a LOT!)
And just so everyone knows the drawing was fair, here are screen shots of both numbers coming up in Google’s random number generator.
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Congrats, to a super mask maker!
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That’s awesome! Way to go!! XD
Btw, may I request a continuing thread, not as a contest but just as a place to keep posting our masks? It helps me feel accomplished to be able to post my masks somewhere, which is always a great motivating factor to keep cranking out more. XD And I love seeing all the fun fabrics and stuff everyone’s using!!
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Like a mask-a-long!
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Hey guys! I started a mask-along thread! Post your masks, patterns, tips, and tricks!
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Wow! Thanks, guys!! <3
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You’re very welcome! Be sure to send me your email address AND your shipping address, so I can send your e-gift card to you, and Abbeeroad can send you a special bonus prize.
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