

Also some new informative links related to cloth mask effectiveness and other relevant topics.
#INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A FACE MASK PDF#
I've added a Mask 1 pattern PDF (reg size) with a GRID on it, at last. UPDATE 4 Hey mask makers! You rock! Sorry to disappear for a week but I was helping get our local community mask sewing project off the ground ( western North Carolina).
#INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A FACE MASK HOW TO#
She made us a video for how to sew Mask 1 I made a couple comments about it in Step 2. Super star Sabrinayaya is an RN working in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario Canada. You have been asking for a video tutorial. Since printers tend to slightly shrink or enlarge documents, and since one size mask does not fit all, Winko has created scalable vector based files! More info about this in step 1.Ģ. UPDATE 5 This update is care of two wonderful DIY folks from this community: 1. I know there are still some quirks in the instructions and pdfs and I promise I will continue to improve the tutorial as I have time. Whichever one you decide to sew, please be sure to wear your masks correctly, use materials that have been shown to be effective, and make an extra to give away. There are a zillion different kinds to choose from. As cities and towns open up we need masks more than ever. In my town, Asheville, NC, a group of volunteers used it to make thousands of masks for the community. I appreciate all the feedback, positive comments and the many many masks that have been made so far from this pattern. When I first googled face mask tutorial in February, there were 3. I don't need to tell you how much the world has changed since then. UPDATE 6 It's been exactly 3 months since I put this tutorial up. Let's keep taking care of each other and wearing our masks.

Infections are finally slowing and vaccinations are steadily rising. If you decide not to DIY, please consider shopping there and be a part of that. Masks of Love, the all volunteer organization I helped start back then has morphed into a social enterprise which pays local sewers and continues to donate masks to the community in need - for each one sold, one is donated. Many a fabric stash has been depleted! I updated, simplified and edited a few things in the instructions and notes just now. Thousands of kind people have sewn hundreds of thousands of masks to give away since then. It's been almost a year since I put this instructable up (March 7, 2020).
