Make at home face masks

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Face masks are used to help prevent the spread of the disease. These masks are worn by people who are infected, or might be infected. You should wear one if you are coughing or sneezing.

Our local hospital is keeping the official paper masks for their staff. They want to give one of these to every patient who walks in the door.

​ These masks are made of cotton. They have elastic or ties that go around the ears or tie around the head. They are washable.  ​ You can make these at home with a sewing machine. 

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Materials Needed

Natural fiber cloth, like cotton. Hospitals do not want masks made of used cloth (no old t-shirts or sheets, please).

  • 2 yards of material, cotton fabric approx 42” width will make 24 Adult style.
  • You will need an est. of 9 yds of Elastic.(1 yd for front and 1yd for back)
  • Maker Nexus can provide 2 yards of fabric (1 for the interface and 1 for the outside), plus elastic to use for making 24 masks. If interested please email Xxxxx to arrange a pickup at Maker Nexus 234 Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale or a location in San Carlos (exact address to be provided in responding email).

Instructions

It takes about 15 minutes to make one.

The video instructions

Plans

What to do with the finished product

Who to contact

MN members join the #textiles channel on Slack

Reading

What material is best? Cotton.

An article in The Lancet about these kinds of masks.