Figment Masks and Bag

Several weeks ago I stopped sewing, I stopped cold. It had little to nothing to do with the pandemic, more to do with immense sadness at the meanness and hate displayed by so many. 

My sister likes Figment. We found a shirt, some socks and some bags at Epcot. I deconstructed one of the bags, just a 12x17" square bag with a drawstring across the top, and created several multi-layered masks and a purse to carry when we visit the parks, which we do several times weekly.

Holiday Themed Face Masks

Just some of the holiday themed face masks I made this week. The light blue "City" themed fabric will match my holiday themed purse I will be carrying after Thanksgiving. Most of the others went into the mail, and hopefully will be happy in their new homes.

 

Family Member's Need

Specific, plain, 4-layer protective face masks

Family member needed a set of very specific face masks for their work location, so I sat down and put them together. While I was at it, I made myself a couple of new masks. The elastic gives out pretty quickly on a mask, so I am 'tying a knot' in my older mask elastic, and will continue to use it, in rotation with my new masks.

Birds in a meadow is a favorite fabric of mine. It is one I often choose to put into the scrapy quilts that I make.

The Monet print is another favorite, though there wasn't really enough fabric to make the mask. I had to piece some fabric into it to make this mask work, but it's for me, so that's ok.

Red Letter Day!

Today's a red letter day! After 9.5 weeks in facebook jail, facebook censorship really, as there was no reason behind the jailing, I've been freed, and am now republished and live again. I won't put all my eggs in that basket, again. What they did devastated me and the business I was building.

And More Masks!

Each of my cloth masks is 4-layers - cotton/blends on the outside, mostly cottons/blends on the inside (pocket layers), a pocket in the middle for additional filters, and flannel against the face for greater comfort. Find my inventory of masks here! 

Interesting Scientific Information:

From the Article below, from Science Alert

https://www.sciencealert.com/if-you-re-making-your-own-mask-at-home-researchers-show-the-best-materials-to-use/

These are some I've made over the several days:

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Making Masks

As so many are, I am making masks. They are now on my sale page, I've been sewing 10-14 hour days to create these colorful, unique cloth face masks. If you want one, I suggest you look at the available inventory on the sale page and then you can inbox me at Denise@DeniseMadeIt.com, for the quickest response! The photo's below will help tell the story of my getting from here to there!

Want to make some for your friends, neighbors, local peeps? It's easy, but time consuming and eats supplies. 

At the end of day on April 2nd, I had made 125 4-layer masks, with multiple different ties/straps. 86 of those were donated/gifted, 19 were on hand, and the other sold. 
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April 16th update, I figured out the details while sewing, checked them while 'on break'
— 350+ feet of paracord (18”x4 adult, 13”x4 child size)
— 343 face masks made. Approximately half of them donated/gifted
— 210 pairs of shoe laces (1 to 2 pair to a mask)
— 60-70+ yards of material I have run through making these masks. There are between 50 and 100 (at least) different front fabrics and multiple pocket and flannel backs. 
— 18 needles broken. I haven’t broken that many in all my sewing over the last 4-5 years, I bet. Cording and 8 layers of fabric are hard on needles.
— 7 spools of thread I have used in the last 3 weeks.
— ? An unknown amount of elastic and ribbon used for ties, ear straps.
— 230+ approximately the number of hours I have worked making masks over the past 22-23 days.
If I didn’t think it were important, (in times like we are currently facing,) I wouldn’t be working so hard. If it weren’t for the help of my sisters, I wouldn’t have been able to do so much.
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As of 4/24, I've made 415!

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  This is a 4-layer mask, with a flannel back

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  Finished there's a pocket for an additional filter.

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  Just some of the fabrics I have been using!

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  Some of the flannel backs

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  Sewing tucks can be difficult

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  Paracord goes over the ear

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  Small and regular sizes 

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  These are hard on needles!

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  More fabric examples

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  Many are quite unique

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  They have been popular

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  Bright and fun fabrics

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  Over 100 different fabrics used