Have you made your own mask?
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I haven’t because we have n95 masks that I shook my head at when my husband bought them over the year, but my mom has been and they are super cute.
Yes, I've made around 50 so far. I found this on Pinterest, I like these because they have a pocket where you can insert a paper medical mask between the front and back.Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:12 pm Have any of you ladies made non-medical masks for yourselves? Since thats the recommendation now I guess I need to figure out how to make some. I've seen they should be 100% cotton on one website but I'm not sure why. Any suggestions?
I tweaked this a by making it long enough to fit a medical mask inside. Either one of these will work but the second link you have to make the mask a little longer to fit the blue medical mask
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https://pin.it/1z3IIdv
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I’ll be using my winter scarf until I figure something out.
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You can use these headbands. They have them at all family dollar stores 10/1.00.,Anonymous 5 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:50 pm I've been making 9"x6" masks shown on this website:
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news ... 865273001/
Scroll to 2nd video to see how to make them.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I highly recommend that you read these PDF written instructions:
https://courierpressblogs.com/pdf/howto ... cemask.pdf
1/8" flat elastic is very hard to find right now. I found mine on Ebay.
Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
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I've made some with her instructions. There are a lot of steps, and some of them are a little confusing. I'm using this one now:Gorilla_Mama wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:38 pm Yup. I’ve also made them for a bunch of people I know who requested them.
If you google button counter diy mask she’s got a great tutorial.
https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask/
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I haven't. I cannot sew worth anything but my boss made several and gave one to anyone interested. I also have some of the regular medical kind I bought to go with a Halloween costume last year of all things. I'm not totally convinced the masks are all that helpful but at this point, I'm willing to try it. I have to go to the store tomorrow and plan to be there as soon as they open, get in and get back out as quickly as I can.
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All the articles I have read about this latest recommendation say it will slow the spread, but doesn’t replace staying at home. And the mask recommendation is for those who are in areas that have been hardest hit by the virus. The best mask is that n95, but I doubt everybody can find one of those.Anonymous 7 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pmHome made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?Olioxenfree wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
Progress, not perfection.