Face Mask 2020 Part 5

Face Mask 2020 Part 5

If you remember in my last blog I had made a right pigs breakfast of making the Elasticated Mask.  The question is why?

Mum’s Masks

As I mentioned previously I had already made two Masks for my Mum with no problems at all. See above photograph for the Canvas Mask and the Lightweight Mask.

Folded Elastic

I realised that Mum’s Masks were significantly smaller than the one I was now making. Naturally I had shortened the Elastic as a matter of course.

However although I had adjusted for the Longer amount of material what I hadn’t taken into account was the difference in Weight!

Small Fold

This was a major headache. I had starting remaking the Mask. I had already Sewn the Elastic back on itself and had was in the process of making a Smaller Fold. This was to avoid another Merman episode.

The only thing I could do apart from starting from scratch yet again was to hope that in straightening the Mask I had removed enough material to prevent it from sagging as it had before.

Blue Thing

What I had originally intended this blog to be about apart from the use of Elastic was how to make Masks more appealing to Children.

Very young Children might be reluctant to wear Masks. Therefore I thought decorating them with Cartoon Characters would be a possible solution. I started with the ‘Blue Thing’. Any guesses?

Big Clue

I am the first to admit that I am not an artist. However I think the above photograph should be a pretty big clue. All the material that I have used has been Cut, Hemmed and Sewn in the same way as my previous Mask Designs.

Banana

Here you can see the finished Mask. The Minions hands and Goggles have been Embroidered on afterwards. The slant of the Characters is to take into the curvature of the Face.

This Mask is a gift for an upcoming birthday. You can guess by the size that it is actually designed for an adult.  I am quite pleased with the end result. However I have decided that for myself I definitely prefer Ties to Elastic.