Making Masks

I know, this is what everyone's Instagram and blog feed is filled with. Sorry. A family member with little ability to get masks asked for a few. I needed to make a couple more for my husband, too, so I grabbed some fabric and got cutting. This is the free pattern from Craft Passion. 

These work pretty quickly once you get going. The best part about this was using some fabric I knew I would never use for anything else. That fabric ended up as the lining. 

I used the t-shirt ties I mentioned in my last masks post.

Articles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission (includes references to recent studies on the use of cloth masks to prevent transmission)
NPR: Coronavirus FAQs: Is A Homemade Mask Effective? And What's The Best Way To Wear One?
NPR: Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection (added 23 April)

Mask Patterns
Domesticity Fabric Shop (three free patterns linked)
Craft Passion (Pattern C)
Delectable Mountain Quilter's Guild (several patterns and references)

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):
Creative Grids 6.5" x 24.5" Rectangle
Creative Grids 6.5" Square Ruler
Creative Grids 4.5" x 12.5" Rectangle Quilting Ruler
Fiskars Rotary Cutter
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion
Fiskars 8-inch scissors
Juki TL-2010Q
Oval Shoelaces Half Round 1/4"
Clover 2-Type Bodkin