My First Face Mask!

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I haven't sewn in so long but on June 5th, I had Prom and all the emails we were getting said masks had to be worn at all times. So I needed a Matching mask.

I began by tracing a mask my aunt made me to create a pattern. I was lazy so I made a pattern piece and put both the outside and inside piece on the pattern.

My Fabric was the left over fabric from my mom hemming my dress. I cut 3 layers, as the fashion fabric was see through. So the outside layer had 2 layers of fabric and the inside had one. This made the mask very heavy.

I had a hard time cutting fabric as I wasn't using fabric scissors. I did finally find fabric scissors to cut the very slippery fashion fabric.

I first sewed the middle seam. I had a trouble catching all the fabric on the one side. I did go back to catch more of it, but, there still is a little segment that wasn't caught. I sewed the inside together first, then I sewed the outside together. I put the fashion fabric in the middle and the white material on the outside.

I then sewed the the two layers together. With the insides facing out, I sewed the bottom edge together, then the top. After I turned the mask inside out. So the fashion fabric is on the outside. I did happen not to catch fabric with the top, so I did go back and I did catch more of the fabric.

Them I hemmed the bottom. I didn't want the hem so big, but it came out way larger than I wanted. I wanted it more like I did to the top. I did the top after and I got the stitching real close to the edge.

The mask was almost done. 

I folded the edge and folded again then stitched down. Folded again and stitched as close to the edge as possible.

I put the elastic in, hand sewed the elastic together and rotated the elastic so the stitches were in the center.

Love,

Paige