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. 

Other COVID Projects

Does your organization need Face Masks?

Maker Nexus is no longer actively pursuing this project. We made and gave away thousands of face masks. Now, many individuals are making them and giving them to their local community groups.

Sew Cloth Face Masks At Home

We established a network of sewers to make cloth face masks. They would sew them and deliver them to our facility. We bundled them together and delivered them to healthcare and related facilities that requested them.

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.

Instructions

It takes about 15 minutes to make one. Instructions can be found here and a short video here.

IMPORTANT note: (feedback from nurse practitioner) Use different color/pattern fabric for inside and outside, so users know which side was exposed to patients and thus contaminated.

What to do with the finished product

Finished masks can be dropped off at a local CCRC (continuing care retirement community) or post on NextDoor to find an organization in your area that needs face masks.

Reading

What material is best? Cotton.

An article in The Lancet about these kinds of masks.