Homemade protective mask project/Instructions
Derived from Deaconess Health's instructions and clarified.
What you will need
- Cotton fabric, printed or solid-color
- Two 7-inch lengths of rope elastic (beading cord elastic will work) or 1/8” flat elastic
Assembly
Cut two 9-by-6 pieces (or one 9-by-12 piece, and fold it over) for an adult mask, or two 7.5-by-5 pieces (or one 7.5-by-10) for a child mask.
Note for printed fabrics: The longer (9-inch or 7.5-inch) dimension is the horizontal dimension. Keep this in mind when choosing a portion of your fabric to cut out.
- Put right sides of cotton fabric together.
- Starting at the center of the bottom edge, sew to the first corner, stop. Sew the elastic into the corner with the end sticking out. A few stitches forward and back will hold this.
- Sew to the next corner, stop, and bring the other end of the same elastic to the corner and sew a few stitches forward and back. The elastic between the ends should be on the inside, between the right sides of the fabric.
- Now sew across that top of the mask to the next corner. Again put an elastic with the edge out.
- Sew to the next corner and sew in the other end of the same elastic.
- Sew across the bottom leaving about 1.5” to 2” open. Stop, cut the thread. Turn inside out.
- Pin 3 tucks (pleats) on each side of the mask. Make sure the tucks are the same direction. Each should be 3/8-inch below the one above it.
- Sew around the edge of the mask twice. It is so easy to make this.