> On May 1, 2020, at 9:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > I've been trying to get the stuff together to make some masks. The big > sticking point has been what to use to form it to your nose. Nothing I have > easy access to would seemed to be a good solution. But I just had a thought > - I could use the wired stems of fake flowers. They're even covered so if I > seal the ends the masks should be washable. Do you know if this has been > tried? Do you think it would work?
Yes. If you are making masks for yourself and friends, you probably don’t need the nose piece, unless you feel better with it. Masks are being made without and work well. Remember, the concept is to keep your germs to yourself. Secondarily, to keep you from touching your nose, eyes, mouth, etc where other people’s germs can enter your body. Virtually anything that does these tasks is OK. If you are making masks for medical personnel, they wear these cloth masks over their “official” masks as a washable layer, to extend the useful life of their regular masks. > I've finally collected some fabric. I have boxes of fancy fabrics - silks, > wools, linens, fancy polys - because they're expensive and when I find them > on sale I collect them. If silk worked, I'd be set. Quilting fabric, not so > much. Various fabrics have various permeabilities. Maybe a linen backing to a fancy fashion fabric would work for you? Somewhere I saw an article about fashion designers making haute couture masks-just for fun. Mask wearing looks to be with us for a long time, so stylish people are thinking of coordinating with their fall fashions. I think the point is to wear something to protect yourself and others. Why not have fun with it? > > Susan (in Seattle) > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lynn Downward > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 3:00 PM > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Masks > > Yes, the pleated version seems more user friendly. They fit better with > glasses and fit different sizes of people more easily. I've made a couple > dozen so far and they've fit everyone from my tiny-faced daughter to my > bearded and large husband with no problems. > > I've made the type with the pocket in the center for filters and have used > bias tape ties instead of elastic. We've been using cut down cone-style > coffee filters. The vacuum bags people have talked about often have silicates > in them, shards of glass-like pieces that are small enough to get in your > lungs. Most of the you tube videos I've looked at say not to use them unless > you're sure there's no silicates in them. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:51 PM Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I tried several muslins of the mask style with the seam up the middle, >> the one that is pointed above the nose. I ended up with the >> rectangular pleated style which cooperates better with my glasses. >> >> Fran >> >> Lavolta Press >> >> www.lavoltapress.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
