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Sew a Medical Protection Mask_________________________________________ Adjustable side face maskI am working with my local hospital network that serves the 800,000 people living in my valley and beyond to galvanize the sewing community to make cloth face masks that they plan to use to cover their limited supply of N95 masks. I am in contact with the director of supply chain to drop “loads” of these with her in the coming weeks and I need the help of my local community sewers…but frankly…anyone can send them to me. Additional drop sites will be added as I get them. This is the specific pattern requested by my hospital, and chosen by the Director of Infectious Disease Control. They want the adjustable sides, because it can be made to fit all size faces with fewer gaps. The pattern is for either 1/4″ elastic or long 40″ fabric ties, so the only real supply you need is good quality, freshly washed, tightly woven 100% cotton fabric and a big heart. Update: the hospital network is approving several other mask patterns. I will provide links to these other patterns at the bottom of this post and continue to edit it as this effort gets more organized. Yes. I definitely made octopus masks There are lots of face mask patterns out there and a lot of awesome people making them. A word of caution however before any well meaning sewer starts these.
EDIT: TIP!! Several makers have had trouble using a safety pin with the pleats. Instead, they are threading the tie through the holes, pinning it out of the way, THEN pleating and adding casing seams, making sure the tie can still “slither” in the casing before the tack stitch. |
Here are the written
directions:
N95 Mask Cover with Casing Edge It is critical you follow
these directions for the fabric masks prior to creation.
This mask is slightly harder
than some designs you may have seen on line. It uses a
casing on the side so that the mask will gather around the
ties,
which allows the wearer to cinch
it closed for a closer fit around their face. It is only
harder, in that threading the final tie is a hassle. It
is not difficult to create.
Read
through the directions first. You will find, if you are
making your own ties, it is best to work from full width of
fabric pieces of yardage. You can fold yardage in half,
cut four (4) ties and two (2) masks from every 15" of fabric
length.
Directions:
______________________________________ Creating the ties for the mask
Do not use ribbon, or any satin-finish product as satin comes undone easily.
To make turned ties. 40" or width of fabric long.
There are many methods to make a turned tie. Use any your are comfortable with. Examples include:
IMPORTANT If
your mask has fabric ties, tack stitch the tie into the
center of the casing so it cannot accidentally fall out
when tied. Our medical professionals will not be
able to fix a mask that comes apart. Video
available: www.whitearborquilting.com
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EDIT: TIP!! Several makers have had trouble using a safety pin with the pleats. Instead, they are threading the tie through the holes, pinning it out of the way, THEN pleating and adding casing seams, making sure the tie can still “slither” in the casing before the tack stitch. So…Hopefully all my quilt friends are staying healthy with their families all around them, safely. For those of you on the front lines, thank you. As drop off locations are organized, I will add the addresses here. Many valley churches will begin to offer them, but need a few days to get things up and running. EDIT: A drop off location for the Lehigh Valley, PA has been created 9am-3pm M-F at 2024 Lehigh St, Allentown, Pa In the mean time, If you want or feel the need to make masks but don’t have a place to send them, and want to donate to my community, please send masks made with these instructions (or the new links at bottom of post with additional acceptable styles) to: White Arbor Quilting, attn: Masks, 5515 Sequoia Trail, Allentown Pa 18104 Be safe everyone! Bethanne EDIT: these are additional tutorials of mask designs accepted by Infection Control at LVHN: https://vimeo.com/user11252937/review/399305630/8e27c1181c?fbclid=IwAR2juZZG67rSVSEAcGeRmPovwNnB5qwmPHaX-KEK_AZVijp3bswmkcW1rLc https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask?fbclid=IwAR249RFOpGXwE9-bk1h4n0fJcqlsfJCwiIVky4jI_4ee1-j5oAv5iAxCXdU https://www.sewcanshe.com/blog/5-free-diy-face-mask-tutorials-using-fabric?fbclid=IwAR33MGxlLFkkkAveDZ7u91s4WAt1CG6ldmXykYCL-HXqLWUyatUfrpC89-w And here is the official CDC wording. They note adjustable fit is key to success. As such, I personally feel the mask pattern given originally is the best universal option. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/05-1468_article?fbclid=IwAR0Har0YOwyxEtxWXPiGLtlEK01JspDFUaTcFBegTUfn1TAk2Udn5nq0__Y Here is information specific to Lehigh Valley residents about additional donations you can make to LVHN: https://news.lvhn.org/to-sew-or-not-to-sew-you-can-help-supply-face-masks-and-other-ppe-to-lvhn/?fbclid=IwAR1vUamlT1H2qm9jqIb3YrkezYqNmKGwfDxN1gjv3HrTR2yE51ZINamlBXo |
St. Luke's Donation Form Link |
N95/PPE%20Donation%20Form%20(2).pdf
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