Sewing mask special: 10 ideas and tips for your DIY masks

Sewing Tips to Sew a Face Mask

With everything going on in the world and not enough medical grade face masks to go around, there might be a need to make your own. There are lots of free patterns and tutorials to make your own, but here’s some tips to sew a face mask and what fabric to use. Don’t want to make your own but buy …

10 DIY Face Masks You Can Make

We have been asked for an updated version of our previous article 7 DIY Masks and so in this article we show you a roundup of different styles of face mask. These are all free patterns for making masks or surgical masks. Most countries are experiencing a shortage due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 disease and people are wanting to find …

How to make a face mask with ties

This list of DIY's is for face masks that use ties. Why ties and not elastic? The elastics are becoming unpopular due to the tension it creates on the ears. Remember most people wearing masks in hospitals and on the frontline are wearing them for hours and hours. This first face mask is for a pleated mask that has ties …

No Sew DIY Face Masks

We have shared posts about all the different way to make your own face masks this week and we nearly forgot about those of you who can't sew your own masks, knit your own masks or crochet your own masks. These no-sew masks are so easy to make and require little to no skills. Again these masks are only an …

Simple Face Mask With Visor Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial

This free sewing pattern for a surgical medical mask has a visor that acts as a shield, stopping your hands from reaching your eyes, or in case someone is close to you, reducing the number of droplets that get in your eyes and mucus membrane. I have eliminated the need for using elastic by using bias tape instead, which you …

DIY sewing tutorial: Ear savers for fabric masks, 3 ways

This is a highly requested tutorial on how to sew an ear saver to prevent ear irritation. Kim from Sweet Red Poppy shows three ways you can sew ear savers. Go to Sweet Red Poppy to see how with free printable patterns. Check out our other articles related to face masks The best filters for face masks DIY no sew …

Free sewing pattern: DIY scrub cap

Kimberly from Sweet Red Poppy has a free sewing pattern you can use to make a scrub cap. It's made from two layers of quilting weight cotton. The lining creates a clean finish on the inside, no raw edges. Go to Sweet Red Poppy for her DIY scrub cap pattern with free printable sewing pattern. Looking for more information about …

DIY Fabric Face Mask Sewing Patterns

The main aim of a DIY fabric mask is to prevent YOUR bodily fluids from being expelled or you being splashed on by someone else's bodily fluids. It is my (non-medical) understanding that air still flows through the masks to a certain degree. The best fabric for surgical face masks is cotton that can be easily washed and NON woven …

DIY sewing tutorial: Fabric face mask

As PPE (personal protective equipment) supplies necessary for fighting covid-19 are running low, some medical facilities are asking for home sewists to create fabric face masks. Kim at Sweet Red Poppy has a DIY sewing tutorial for a face mask that would be easy to create in bulk. It uses basic sewing materials that you probably already have sitting in …