March - June 2020 Wall Hanging Swap
04-23-2020, 11:47 AM
#31
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I am home but in our large family 5 are working. I made masks and made some with ties. Poly cotton thread works just fine. As for the nose piece, it all depends on the nose. I made a very small dart for myself and some of the boys but I have one son and daughter that do better with nothing. They have a round flat nose. Hubby's nose sticks out and he prefers a home made piece of metal that he clips on to the mask. He also wears glasses so the condense is very annoying if he can not get it thight around his nose. Some patterns I made have a pouch for a filter, like coffee filter. We all prefer 2 layers of quilting fabric and no filter. I am concerned about furnace filters as many contain asbestos. Best to make pouches and people can add their own filter is they want one. My boys prefer a simple mask with quarter inch elastic around the ears and 2 layers quilting fabric accordian style for the mask.
04-26-2020, 05:17 PM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
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Hi everyone. Wow, what a month it has been. I stopped working when my governor mandated a lockdown and all nonessential work stopped. Two weeks later we were up and working again, making 10,000 masks in an effort with 5 other sewing manufacturers to provide much-needed protection. We are working non-stop and the six people at work have made over 3,000 masks so far. We are doing a job that is needed and I am grateful to be able to help.
I am working on my WHing, too.
Granky, your blocks are wonderful. They look like you faced them and sewing together. Am I wrong? how are you finishing them?
I hope everyone is staying safe and well, keeping busy and being creative.
peace
I am working on my WHing, too.
Granky, your blocks are wonderful. They look like you faced them and sewing together. Am I wrong? how are you finishing them?
I hope everyone is staying safe and well, keeping busy and being creative.
peace
04-27-2020, 01:03 PM
#35
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Location: SoCal
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That is very pretty UBE! I am still trying to finnish masks. I was hoping as they were opening up certain things the need for wearing a mask declined but instead I think we are all to wear one in public plus do distancing. So back to mask sewing.
04-27-2020, 06:45 PM
#37
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Location: Southwest Idaho
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That is so cute, Ube!!! Very springy....
Anna....I'm still doing masks, too. Not a lot but some... I'll keep making them until I run out of elastic. There is no telling what our future holds in terms of distancing.
Anna....I'm still doing masks, too. Not a lot but some... I'll keep making them until I run out of elastic. There is no telling what our future holds in terms of distancing.
04-28-2020, 03:53 PM
#38
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Wilmington, NC
Posts: 526
Im sure they are all lovely that you make but we quilters are way too critical of our own work.
04-30-2020, 02:53 AM
#39
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Cervantes Western Australia
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Here is Western Australia we aren't making masks as we don't have to wear one. Distancing and we are not allowed out of our areas is all we have . As I live in the wheat belt area and mum and family live in Perth I can't go to visit them . We are very lucky as we are no where as bad has you people
04-30-2020, 04:36 AM
#40
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Location: Clarksville, In
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