Adult Face Mask Sewing Instructions
Size 9 x 6-inches
Please view this video tutorial before getting started: https://youtu.be/4kwFaRFHKhY.
Materials Needed:
- One 9 x 6-inch piece of 100% cotton fabric
- One 9 x 6-inch piece of 100% cotton flannel for the backing
- Two 7-inch lengths of rope elastic with a knot tied at each end (1/8- and 1/4-inch flat elastic will also work)
Use 1/4-inch seam allowance
Step:
- Place right sides of cotton fabric together.
- Sew across the top.
- Sew across the bottom, leaving about 2-inches in the middle open.
- Tuck the first elastic in-between the two fabric layers.
- Pull the first end out until it is even with the edge of the fabric and pushed up against the top seam.
- Sew the elastic into the corner with the knot out. Backstitch a few times to hold the elastic in place.
- Pull the other end of that same elastic out at the bottom corner. Ensure it is laying flat and is not twisted.
- Sew down the remainder of the side and across the elastic. Backstitch to tightly secure.
- Repeat steps 5-8 with the second elastic on the opposite side.
- Turn inside out so right sides of fabric are facing out.
- Pin two 1/2-inch pleats on each side of the mask, making sure the tucks are in the same direction.
- Sew down each side of the mask to secure the pleats.
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Child Face Mask Sewing Instructions
Size 7 ½ x 5-inches
Please view this video tutorial before getting started: https://youtu.be/4kwFaRFHKhY.
Materials Needed:
- One 7 ½ x 5-inch piece of 100% cotton fabric
- One 7 ½ x 5-inch piece of 100% cotton flannel for the backing
- Two 7-inch lengths of rope elastic with a knot tied at each end (1/8 and 1/4-inch flat elastic will also work)
Use 1/4-inch seam allowance
Step:
- Place right sides of cotton fabric together.
- Sew across the top.
- Sew across the bottom, leaving about 2-inches in the middle open.
- Tuck the first elastic in-between the two fabric layers.
- Pull the first end out until it is even with the edge of the fabric and pushed up against the top seam.
- Sew the elastic into the corner with the knot out. Backstitch a few times to hold the elastic in place.
- Pull the other end of that same elastic out at the bottom corner. Ensure it is laying flat and is not twisted.
- Sew down the remainder of the side and across the elastic. Backstitch to tightly secure.
- Repeat steps 5-8 with the second elastic on the opposite side.
- Turn inside out so right sides of fabric are facing out.
- Pin two 1/2-inch pleats on each side of the mask, making sure the tucks are in the same direction.
- Sew down each side of the mask to secure the pleats.
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N95 Cover Sewing Instructions
Size 9 x 8-inches
Materials Needed:
- One 9 x 8-inch piece of surgical drape fabric (obtain from the hospital)
- Two 6-inch lengths of 1/4-inch flat elastic (7-inch lengths of rope elastic will also work, tie a knot at each end)
Use 1/4-inch seam allowance and hem
Step:
- Mark each 8-inch side of fabric at 2, 3, 3½, 4½, 5 and 6-inches.
- Use markings to make three pleats on each side of the mask, making sure the tucks are in the same direction.
- Pin the 2-inch mark to the 3-inch mark.
- Pin the 3 ½-inch mark to the 4 ½-inch mark.
- Pin the 5-inch mark to the 6-inch mark.
- Stitch down each side to hold pleats.
- Turn the top edge of the mask down ¼-inch so that the wrong sides are together.
- Insert one end of the elastic ½-inch into this fold at the corner of the mask.
- Sew the elastic in place. Backstitch to tightly secure.
- Continue sewing across the top of the mask until 1-inch from the other end.
- Insert one end of the second elastic ½-inch into the fold at this corner.
- Sew the elastic in place. Backstitch to tightly secure.
- Turn the bottom edge of the mask up ¼-inch so that the wrong sides are together.
- Insert the second end of the elastic on that side ½-inch into the fold at the corner of the mask to make the first ear loop.
- Sew the elastic in place. Backstitch to tightly secure.
- Continue sewing across the bottom of the mask until 1-inch from the other end.
- Insert the second end of the elastic on that side ½-inch into the fold at this corner of the mask to make the second ear loop.
- Sew the elastic in place. Backstitch to tightly secure.
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