Tuesday, April 28, 2020

DIY T-shirt Face Masks--No-sew and Single-seam Sew


As YouTube has loads of DIY face mask (aka face covering) videos, my video might be more for those of you who have only one or two masks, maybe as gifts. Maybe you want to ensure a fuller supply, simply, and by using items in your home. Consider that self-masking because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic might be necessary for awhile.

One of the clearest, easy-to-follow, no-sew, no-frills video is "How to Make Your own Face Covering", featuring Surgeon General Jerome Adams. His simple design is placing a rubber band near each end of a multi-folded, t-shirt bottom, folding the ends over once more, and looping the bands around the ears.

My no-sew version is minimalist—measure, cut, place rubber bands, and with way fewer folds than Dr. Adams shows. My single-seam other version neatens the design—turning the t-shirt "ring" wrong side out and stitching one seam. For either version, try wearing the mask with either edge towards the eyes or at the chin. The video shows how to create both versions.

2 comments:

Woody Lemcke said...

Nice video Wanda. I'll save old t-shirts for the next pandemic.

whilldtkwriter said...

Thx! Heh, we're still in the first wave. If you have a few minutes, you should go ahead and make some extra masks.