Masks

[kate_schaefer]

My sewing table is covered in masks and parts of masks, in various designs. I have run out of good elastic and am alternating between inferior elastic and cotton ties. I have come up with a wire from my hatmaking supplies that works relatively well as a nose piece, though it is not infinitely durable.

When this is all over, a lot of quiltmakers will be making quilts from masks. Not me. Not me.

Comments

[wild_patience]

I am a poor and unenthusiastic sewer, but I tried making masks today. I used old elastic hair ties, which worked pretty well. I had put a twist tie in for the wire and it didn't do much for fitting the mask. I put in a couple of small darts and those worked much better.

[kate_schaefer]

Yeah, I tried twist ties first, and they seemed pretty much useless. The hat wire does a decent job, but requires care when washing and drying. Wires in hats don't get bent and re-bent the way wires in masks do. That is, the mask nose wire ends up in the same place every time, but the wearer adjusts the mask every time they put it on, so the wire gets flexed over and over.

[bibliofile]

Go you. I have the materials (dish towel, hair ties, and fabric stash) but haven't started yet. Housemate and I are dipping into my bandana stash in the meantime.