4 Ways You Can Make and Design Masks
While everyone has a hard time during this pandemic, there is nothing more important than your own safety. Face masks are now in high demand, and this is the best time to learn how to make a designed face mask.
There is various way of designing a face mask. Most of them you can do it at your home. And if you run an organization or company that requires a face mask – this is a must-read!
One of the main benefits of making a face mask is that it doesn’t require many materials and most of them are easy to find or readily available in your home. All you need is fabric or knit fabric scraps or cloth for making the masks with necessary embroidery kit for sewing and scissors.
Here are 4 simple ways you can make and design masks at home:
1. Simple Cloth Face Mask
The simplest patterns only require two pieces of cloth and some elastic to use as ties. If you want to DIY face mask to be more eye-catching try bright or patterned fabric. Here are the steps you want to follow:
- First, cut your fabric to around 10 x 6-inches or roughly 25 x 15 cm.
- Then fold over the long sides of the material around.
- After hemming along the length of the mask, fold it over the sides of the face mask and then pin and hem that sides too.
- Now you hem is ready! Thread elastic ties through the hem.
- Next step is to secure knots to hem and move the knots until they can be tucked inside the hem.
2. Fabric Mask With Knit Ties
This is a great solution using knit fabric scraps instead of fabric because most of us already have it in our sewing spaces. It is very quick to sew up and it can fit anyone as it can be as tight or loose as it needed.
Here are the steps you want to follow:
- Cut two different fabrics 9” W x 8” H (23 x 20 CM) and cut 4 ties 18” each (46 CM)
- Now take the right sides of the fabric together and sandwich a tie in each corner between the fabric layers. Then sew around the mask leaving a 3” opening.
- Now at the corners, carefully sew forward and backward to knot the ties in place.
- Turn mask right side out and fold the fabric to make 3 evenly spaced pleats. The finished mask will be 3 inches tall.
3. Bandana Face Mask
No fabric? No problem all you need is a bandana, coffee filter, rubber bands, or hair ties to make this mask. Here are the steps you want to follow:
- Cut the bottom off a folded coffee filter. Keep the top part it is needed for the filter you’ll need it for the filter in your mask. However, if you don’t want to filter you don’t need it.
- If you want to add flair to the mask you sew any design in your bandana before making a mask.
- Lay a bandana flat in a rectangle. Fold the bandana or shirt in half lengthwise.
- Now if you want to add a filter, then fold the cut filter in the center of the folded bandana or shirt. Then, fold the top of the bandana or shirt down over the filter and fold the bottom up.
- Place rubber bands or hair ties around the folded bandana or shirt, about 6 inches apart.
- Fold the side of the bandana or shirt in toward the middle and tuck.
4. No-sew Cotton Mask
The easiest one is this one, especially If you don’t have sewing skills or don’t have many crafting materials at home. You can make a simple mask out of a T-shirt – simply cut the bottom of the t-shirt and fold in half. Take scissors and cut the ties part and your mask is good to go. You can adjust the ties by cutting it and creating a knot to fit your face.
Endnote
It is always important to remember that most of the homemade masks are not suitable for hospital purposes and to some extent social distancing in a large workplace. But in case of emergency, making your own mask might be the best solution. If your organizations or businesses looking for embroidered goods and services you can check Yhtack in Stitches. We deliver all the necessary material, designs for face masks, toys, digitizing embroidery, crocheting, sewing & knitting services, monogram services, uniforms for your organization, or any other embroidery needs you might have in Virginia. We thrive on making your idea a reality.